Question reference: S2W-02016
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: 13 August 2003
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Current status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 28 August 2003
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress it has made on setting a minimum tariff per megawatt per year that local communities will receive from the developers of wind farms.
Answer
The Executive supports the principle of community benefit as ex-gratia payments butwe believe these are best handled by community representatives. We therefore have no plans to set a tariff for wind farm developments.