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Carbon Capture and Storage: Aberdeenshire

Asked by Seamus LoganScottish National PartyDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 20 November 2025UIN 91773

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what progress he has made on the carbon capture and storage project at St Fergus.

Answered by Michael Shanks

The government has announced its support for Acorn and is providing the development funding to advance its delivery. A final investment decision will be taken later this Parliament, subject to project readiness and affordability.

Since the Spending Review, we have worked closely with Acorn to understand what they need to keep them progressing towards FID and are confident we can continue collaborating on that.

We have also established a ministerial led forum, where government, regulators and industry representatives come together on a regular basis to drive forward momentum for the Scottish cluster.

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