UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has today travelled to Scotlandf to confirm plans for a multi-million pound carbon capture project in Scotland which would create the UK’s fourth cluster for transitioning to a net zero UK.
“Project Acorn” is set to strengthen to UK’s energy security strategy – with millions of pounds of funding announced for the project in the north east of Scotland (St Fergus Gas Terminal) which also saw the announcement of 100 new North Sea oil and gas licenses being confirmed during a visit to Aberdeenshire.
The government said the plans would help grow the Scottish and UK economyt whilst strengthening wider energy security, and although he voiced the UK is still committed to its 2050 net zero target the announcement of the new licenses have been met with opposition.
Sunak said: “Even when we reach net zero in 2050 a quarter of our energy needs will still need to come from oil and gas – domestic production has a 1/4 to 1/3 of the carbon footprint of imported gas so it makes absolutely no sense to import energy supplies when we have got our own at home.”
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