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BREAKING ⚡: We’re calling on the next Scottish government to ensure Scotland’s energy wealth benefits EVERYONE - not just private companies, overseas investors and shareholders.

Is Margaret Thatcher still driving the bus in Scotland? www.thenational.scot/news/2667098...

SCCS took part in the Uplift session at Scottish Greens Conference. Amanda outlined how the energy transition should prioritise warmer homes and better buses, NOT AI data centres! Great that Greens voted for a motion rejecting Jackdaw and calling on Scottish Gov to oppose Rosebank. @ourpower.scot

Whether its busses or energy, public ownership just makes sense for workers and communities! https://tfn.scot/news/public-ownership-push-on-buses-energy-and-homes

"The North Sea was built by our labour. Its decommissioning, and what succeeds it, should be shaped by our voices too." 📚Read more from Mike Sarnecki in the Scottish Left Review 🔗https://scottishleftreview.scot/what-does-it-mean-for-workers-to-be-involved-injust-transition-planning/

Scotland needs to go beyond token payments and meagre community benefits. Scotland needs Ownership. ⚡️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 📚Read more from Liz Murray from Community Energy Scotland in the Scottish Left Review. scottishleftreview.scot/democratic-ownership-must-power-scotlandsjust-transition/

“Our energy system is unfair by design and will always prioritise delivering private profit over public benefit; that’s why we’re calling on ScotGov to take a stake in future offshore projects." https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/26657297.scottish-government-told-take-stake-offshore-wind/

“People will rightly ask how it can possibly be right that the bulk of ScottishPower’s profits line the pockets of investors in a Spanish multinational rather than benefiting our communities." https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/26657297.scottish-government-told-take-stake-offshore-wind/

"Scotland made £5.6bn in post-tax profits from onshore wind over 5 years—yet 73% went to corporate shareholders and tax havens, while just 0.4% was shared with communities." https://scottishleftreview.scot/democratic-ownership-must-power-scotlandsjust-transition/

It's just common sense. Public stakes in offshore wind would change the game for Scotland.

Thanks @lesleyriddoch.bsky.social for stopping by our @ourpower.scot stall. ⚡️ The FM announced they're bringing buses under public control. Now it's time to bring more of Scotland's energy into public hands! 🙌

We caught up with @lesleyariddoch at the SNP conference and had a chat comparing Norway's community ownership of energy to Scotland's largely corporate ownership.⚡️ We've got renewables everywhere, but we're not benefitting. Time to change that!

"[E]ncouraging community owned generating capacity would help more peripheral communities especially [those] who disproportionately suffer.” https://bit.ly/4s3sQBb

How can we start pushing back on these out of control energy prices? More community-owned wind. These energy companies only want profits. ScotGov needs to clear the way for more community generation of energy! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿⚡️ https://bit.ly/4s3sQBb

It's just as we've been saying: Scots know that renewables are important, but they have to be benefitting our workers and communities! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🛠️ https://bit.ly/4yZpxxq

“Scottish consumer sentiment isn’t great – Scots feel like they get a raw deal with good reason. We have some of the highest energy costs in Europe which is galling given our energy production.” https://bit.ly/4s3sQBb

Denmark, Norway, and Germany take public equity in offshore wind and use the wealth to fund their public services. Scotland signs over its sea beds to foreign multinationals. We don't lack potential. We lack the backbone to demand a 20% public stake in our own wind. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿⚡

The CEO of GB Energy has confirmed that more public money is poised to be invested into Scotland’s floating offshore wind projects despite fears over the cost of the technology. https://bit.ly/4ewBQsX

Industrial bosses abandoned Kilbirnie. Now corporate energy giants want to extract wealth from our wind. Kilbirnie fought back. 1 community turbine will generate £12M directly for local services and fight fuel poverty. It's time for public & community ownership. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿⚡ https://bit.ly/4ybhyfG

We know that here in Scotland, we need more renewables. But we're also tired of big projects just being done to us, rather than with us. Community-owned energy has been shown to boost community trust and support because it actually benefits us! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Big energy earns millions off our wind while communities get crumbs. 💸 Udny built their OWN turbine and reinvested £693,000+ into local causes and a village hub. We don't have an energy shortage. We have an ownership problem. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿⚡ Read more: https://www.ourpower.scot/stories/udny-without-wind/

Your local council is cutting library hours and filling fewer potholes, while multi-billion-pound developers build wind turbines on your doorstep and ship the profit overseas. Let's keep that money here with more public & community ownership of renewables⚡️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Multinational energy giants generate billions off Scotland’s natural wind, send the profits to overseas shareholders, and leave our local councils broke. We don't need corporate charity. We need public equity and true community ownership in our own energy. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿⚡

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Our communities deserve the maximum ambition when it comes to offshore wind. With even a small 20% stake funded by SNIB, Scotland could thrive.

Swinney is right, but Scotland deserves even more. ScotGov should use SNIB to take at least a 20% public equity stake in all of these offshore projects.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿⚡️ https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/scotland-floating-offshore-wind-north-sea-9273210

Enough said. ⚡️

I was interviewed by BBC Scotland yesterday about Syngenta’s announcement that they intend to shut their chemicals plant in Grangemouth, threatening 400 jobs. The key points are the high human cost of more local manufacturing job losses and that government has a window to act decisively.

We can't stop making the same mistakes. We need ScotGov to step up their commitment to workers with more investment in renewables manufacturing. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👨🏻‍🏭

An offshore wind turbine facility is to be created at the Port of Montrose. Not everything we need, but a good start! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿⚡️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq62jyk4ekp7o

Good morning, Scotland.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 We're in the middle of another energy boom. Not oil, but wind. We can't make the same mistakes this time. Tell your MSPs 👇 act.ourpower.scot/p/scotland-h...

Scotland's energy future demands more ambition. With the right leadership, we could all be benefitting from our renewables. But, right now the only ones benefitting are private corporations and their share holders.

The insistence on building things that harm our communities and environment rather than projects which support the well-being, things like community-owned renewables, is a political choice! news.stv.tv/west-central...

@pointsandwicktrust.bsky.social continues to be at the centre of the most interesting projects in Scotland. You've got to read about the new immersive archaeology experience they were involved with. www.pointandsandwick.co.uk/5000-years-o...

We cannot accept this lack of ambition. We need to see ScotGov's long-promised energy plan. www.scotsman.com/news/scotlan...

"The issue is, right now there are not enough new jobs to keep pace with the number being lost and so people are having to look far beyond Aberdeen’s shores for work." We need to see the green jobs that were promised! news.stv.tv/north/a-city...