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THE energy firm behind a controversial bid to burn coal under the Firth of Forth to create gas has blamed political uncertainty as it said work on a planning application is now likely to be postponed.
Cluff Natural Resources highlighted factors including the energy commission recently set up by the Scottish Government, a motion at the SNP conference calling for a ban on underground coal gasification (UCG) and the Scottish parliamentary elections next May.
But North Sea veteran Algy Cluff, who heads the company, said he was still committed to the project to build Britain’s first UCG plant.
“It remains our avowed intention to seek approval to install a pilot plant as soon as is practicable to generate limited production from the Firth of Forth before constructing Britain’s first UCG plant,” said Cluff, who is chairman and chief executive of the company.
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