Recommendation 19

There is much appetite for shared ownership, but careful consideration is needed to ensure contracts are mutually-beneficial and prevent free-riders. Scotland and Denmark provide examples of where the voluntary approach to shared ownership has failed and where mandating shared ownership has had positive impacts for community energy, respectively. However, mandating alone is not enough and mechanisms need to be in place to incentivise commercial developers and build community energy groups’ capacities. (Conclusion, Paragraph 79)