l-r Councillor Ryan Houghton, BP's Louise Kingham and city council leader Jenny Laing, who has hailed the hydrogen partnership as "transformative".
Plans to make Aberdeen a global leader for hydrogen production have taken a giant leap forward.
Energy giant BP today (February 3) won approval to become a joint venture partner of Aberdeen City Council (ACC) to build Scotland’s first “scalable” green hydrogen production plant.
It is hoped the project will put the Granite City at the heart of a new export industry, helping to unlock new economic opportunities worth upwards of £700 million to Scotland’s economy by 2030.
It is also expected to lead to thousands of high-value jobs in Aberdeen and the surrounding region.
A site has not yet been identified for the hydrogen “hub”, which is expected to cost £215m to set up and run over 10 years.
BP was unveiled as the council’s preferred partner last October.
ACC’s city growth and resources committee has now rubber-stamped the tie-up.
It follows a clash between the Scottish Greens and Tories over BP’s involvement.
North-east Green MSP Maggie Chapman raised her “concern” at Holyrood over the partnership, following reports BP paid a private firm to track climate activists.#
Ms Chapman claimed BP was responsible for “huge environmental damage across the planet”, saying its treatment of workers around the world had been “questionable”.
But the Scottish Conservatives accused the Greens for “trying to derail” the hydrogen hub project. The Press and Journal - link - Keith Findlay - link - more like this (Scotland) - link - more like this - link
It is hoped the project will put the Granite City at the heart of a new export industry, helping to unlock new economic opportunities worth upwards of £700 million to Scotland’s economy by 2030.
It is also expected to lead to thousands of high-value jobs in Aberdeen and the surrounding region.
A site has not yet been identified for the hydrogen “hub”, which is expected to cost £215m to set up and run over 10 years.
BP was unveiled as the council’s preferred partner last October.
ACC’s city growth and resources committee has now rubber-stamped the tie-up.
It follows a clash between the Scottish Greens and Tories over BP’s involvement.
North-east Green MSP Maggie Chapman raised her “concern” at Holyrood over the partnership, following reports BP paid a private firm to track climate activists.#
Ms Chapman claimed BP was responsible for “huge environmental damage across the planet”, saying its treatment of workers around the world had been “questionable”.
But the Scottish Conservatives accused the Greens for “trying to derail” the hydrogen hub project. The Press and Journal - link - Keith Findlay - link - more like this (Scotland) - link - more like this - link
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