As an amendment to motion S6M-17648 in the name of Gillian Martin (Growing Community-owned Energy in Scotland), insert at end "; welcomes the £4 million in funding from Great British Energy to fund half of the Community Energy Generation Growth Fund; believes that, as well as community groups, councils and public sector organisations are well placed to host, or collaborate on, community renewables projects, community heat projects, municipal ownership and co-operative models; further believes that land reform should mean the chance for communities to be able to have priority access to land when it becomes available; notes that there are a range of different technologies that could be utilised for community-owned energy projects, including wind, solar and hydro schemes among others, in both urban and rural Scotland; acknowledges that the Scottish Government could help to grow the sector by opening up the government electricity supply contract to community generators, which are currently denied access to the market, whether directly through conditions of tender or indirectly through procurement; calls on public bodies to create space for community ownership where possible by making public land and buildings available to community energy groups, and calls on the Scottish Government to work productively with the UK Government to create further opportunities for communities to own a meaningful stake in energy infrastructure through partnering with Great British Energy."
Submitted by: Gillian Martin, Aberdeenshire East, Scottish National Party, Date lodged: Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Supported by: Alasdair Allan
Current status: Due in the chamber on Tuesday, May 27, 2025
Submitted by: Patrick Harvie, Glasgow, Scottish Green Party, Date lodged: Thursday, May 22, 2025
Current status: Due in the chamber on Tuesday, May 27, 2025
Submitted by: Douglas Lumsden, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date lodged: Thursday, May 22, 2025
Current status: Due in the chamber on Tuesday, May 27, 2025