Report says 800 green jobs could be created at Grangemouth

A long-awaited study says up to 800 jobs could beryllium created implicit the adjacent 15 years astatine the Grangemouth site, wherever the UK's oldest lipid refinery is acceptable to close.

The Project Willow study, which was funded by the Scottish and UK governments, sets retired 9 areas for imaginable backstage concern successful greenish industries.

It says jobs could beryllium created successful areas similar sustainable aviation fuel, hydrogen accumulation and plastics recycling.

Owner Petroineos is shutting the loss-making refinery astatine the sprawling concern analyzable connected the Firth of Forth with the nonaccomplishment of 400 jobs.

The report, by consultants EY, lists 9 imaginable uses for the wider site, which employs astir 2,000 people.

About 480 jobs could beryllium created with the manufacture of e-methanol for pitchy substance and e-ammonia for shipping - but that would necessitate £6.6bn of backstage concern and would not beryllium operational until astir 2035, the study said.

Plastics recycling could beryllium done overmuch sooner, wrong 5 years, astatine a outgo of astir £600m. It is estimated astir 250 jobs could beryllium created.

The study called connected the UK authorities to bring guardant marketplace reforms of the energy assemblage to bring down the outgo of hydrogen production.

Ministers should besides promote farmers to absorption connected plant-based products which tin beryllium turned into fuels, it said.

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