Underground coal into gas could generate £13bn pounds for the UK,

Economists claim converting underground coal into gas could generate £13bn pounds for the UK, with almost half of it being retained in Scotland.

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BBC: Economists claim coal gasification 'could generate £13bn'

Economists claim converting underground coal into gas could generate £13bn pounds for the UK, with almost half of it being retained in Scotland.

The conclusions came in a report compiled for a firm seeking to extract gas from the Firth of Forth.

Cluff Natural Resources wants to build the UK's first offshore underground coal gasification (UCG) plant in Fife.

WWF Scotland said fossil fuel schemes were distracting from efforts to develop clean renewable energy.

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