Scottish communities need obstacles to local energy removed . 26th January, By Liz Murray, Community Energy ScotlandSINCE locals installed four wind turbines on the Isle of Gigha some years ago, the benefits across the whole community have been huge. Research has shown that community-owned windprovides 34 times more financial benefit to local communities thanprivately owned wind farms. And community energy projects also generate10-fold additional local employment and income impact, over and above theenergy project itself.’There’s so much potential but there aren’tnearly enough stories like that of Gigha. For Scotland to have more storieslike Gigha, we urgently need the obstacles to community-owned energy to beremoved, so the benefits of Scotland’s renewable energy revolution can bemore fairly shared.