Clean Coal Plan is Good for ScotAsh
ScotAsh Chairman Ron Hunter said that ScotAsh was very much "part of the plan" in relation to ScottishPower's investment in clean coal technologies at Longannet Power Station.
He said the Queen's Award was richly deserved and paid tribute to ScotAsh's employees "and the pride every member of that team takes in a job well done".
He reminded guests that last year ScotAsh collected a national Business in the Community Award from HRH the Prince of Wales, for Marketplace Innovation.
"ScotAsh has enjoyed extraordinary success - and when we hear of yet another award, or great set of results, it can be easy to forget perhaps the tremendous amount of hard work that goes on to deliver that performance," he said.
Ron (right), also ScottishPower's Business Services Director, said that ScottishPower was committed to coalfired generation as part of a balanced portfolio which included extensive renewables, such as wind, hydro and biomass.
He said the company was investing over £200 million in equipment that will substantially reduce SO2 and NOX emissions from Longannet power station.
He added: "In planning for the longer term we're also progressing a major project exploring the potential for carbon capture and geological storage of CO2 around the Firth of Forth.
"Clean coal will play an important part in meeting Scotland' s future energy needs and continuing to make the best possible use of ash by-products through ScotAsh is a key feature of that plan."
Ron paid tribute to Lafarge Cement UK, ScottishPower's joint venture partners in ScotAsh, and said: "ScotAsh is probably the finest example of industrial materials recycling in Scotland. If Carlsberg did Joint Ventures, they would surely look a lot like ScotAsh."
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