'Good jobs in new industries': How Grangemouth could become a green industrial hub

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Project Willow report on behalf of UK and Scottish government explores potential low carbon uses for site, but estimates transforming facility would require £3.5bn of private sector investment

The UK and Scottish governments have unveiled nine potential uses for the soon to be decommissioned Grangemouth oil refinery, which could turn the site into a "new low carbon manufacturing hub" and create...

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