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Evening Standard
Politics
Katrine Bussey

Government ‘putting its money where its mouth is’ with £200m for Acorn scheme

Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband visited St Fergus, Aberdeenshire, on Thursday (Paul Campbell/PA) - (PA Wire)

The UK Government is “putting its money where its mouth is”, Energy Secretary Ed Miliband said as it was revealed £200 million is being made available for a carbon capture project in Scotland.

Ministers confirmed they are meeting in full the request for development funding for the Acorn project in Aberdeenshire – the first time a government has provided funding of this scale for such a project to proceed.

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