Falkirk Herald: Forth coal discovery prompts controversial new gas extraction plan
The discovery of a new source of gas under the Firth of Forth has already sparked off the threat of a new environmental battle.
With the lines already drawn between environmental opponents and an energy company hoping to extract methane gas by drilling near Airth, another plan has been floated that is certain to attract just as much attention.
Cluff Natural Resources hopes to extract gas from under the Firth of Forth which it claims could power around 15 million homes for a year.
The energy giant plans to build the UK’s first underground coal gasification (UCG) plant – a form of unconventional gas extraction which has been used in countries such as Russia for almost a century.