Energy Secretary Michael Matheson has said the launch of a new fund could help put Scotland at the forefront of the new “opportunities that will result from a future with carbon capture”.
While ministers in Holyrood have attacked the UK Government over its failure to invest in carbon capture projects in Scotland, £5m of public cash will be invested in the CO2 Utilisation Challenge Fund.
Match funding from industry means that some £10m could go into the project over its two-year lifetime.
