Ed Miliband has said he will “consider” fast-tracking a carbon capture and storage project in Scotland – adding the move could help secure a future for workers at the Grangemouth oil refinery.
But with a pipeline connecting the site there to the proposed Acorn carbon capture and storage project in Aberdeenshire, fast tracking that development could help secure a future for Grangemouth.
The UK Government has already provided funding for two similar carbon capture clusters, in Merseyside and Teesside – with Scottish First Minister John Swinney criticising ministers in London for their lack of support so far for the Acorn scheme.
Asked on Friday if he would commit to fast-tracking the project to help secure “some sort of future for Grangemouth”, Mr Miliband said he would “obviously look” at such a proposal.
His comments came after Mr Swinney told MSPs on Thursday he was “becoming increasingly impatient” about the lack of support given to the Acorn carbon capture and storage project by politicians at Westminster.
