Motion
Growing Community-owned Energy in Scotland
S6M-17648.1 · Amendment · lodged by Boyack, Sarah
Lodged on
22 May 2025Heard / answered on
27 May 2025Watch the chamber session on SPTV · lands on the meetings recorded on 27 May 2025
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."
Backed by
Supported by 1 additional MSP
Lab 1
Lodged by
Boyack, Sarah
(Scottish Labour).
- Sweeney, Paul (Lab)
Amendment division result
27 May 2025
Carried
Show MSPs
For
84Against
29Abstain
0Not voted
15In the Official Report
Debated in chamber — 3 contributions reference this
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Sarah Boyack
Lab
Chamber
· 27 May 2025 · Meeting of the Parliament 27 May 2025
There are all sorts of opportunities that we are not maximising. That has been part of the discussion at the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee in relation to project willow and Grangemouth. It…
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The Deputy Presiding Officer
LD
Chamber
· 27 May 2025 · Meeting of the Parliament 27 May 2025
The next question is, that amendment S6M-17648.1, in the name of Sarah Boyack, which seeks to amend motion S6M-17648, in the name of Gillian Martin, be agreed to. Are we agreed? Members: No.
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The Deputy Presiding Officer
LD
Chamber
· 27 May 2025 · Meeting of the Parliament 27 May 2025
The result of the division on amendment S6M-17648.1, in the name of Sarah Boyack, is: For 84, Against 29, Abstentions 0. Amendment agreed to.
Amendments and how the chamber decided
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S6M-17648Original motion21 May 2025 · Motion For Debate · Martin, GillianThat the Parliament believes that Scotland must increase community-owned energy production, and supports communities being aided to achieve this; welcomes that, since its inception, the Community and Renewable Energy Scheme (CARES) has advised over 1,300 organisations and provided over £67 million in funding to support over 990 projects; notes that ...
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S6M-17648.1Selected itemCarried 84/2922 May 2025 · Amendment · Boyack, SarahAs 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...