FACT CHECK #BUVMFQKU

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What you submitted

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9rkypk1g7k0oOpen

WHAT WE FOUND

The claim is accurate. BBC News reports that the Scottish government has given its consent for the construction of a controversial new gas-fired power station at Peterhead 1. A syndicated copy of the same report says the same 7. BusinessGreen also reports that Scottish ministers approved the carbon capture gas power station at Peterhead 8. One clarification: the approved plant is the SSE and Equinor Peterhead CCS Power Station. Reuters describes it as a 900 MW plant designed to capture up to 1.5 million tonnes of CO2 a year 2. It is therefore a gas plant with carbon capture, not an unabated one. Environmental groups opposed the approval, and campaigners warned the site could burn gas until 2059 8610. That opposition does not change the fact that consent was granted. The site is in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, and the sources consistently place it there 15.

SOURCES

1. 1 · bbc.comNEWS
   New gas-fired power station at Peterhead is approved

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2. 2 · reuters.comNEWS
   SSE, Equinor plan new gas power plant with carbon ...

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3. 3 · en.wikipedia.orgWEB
   Peterhead Power Station

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4. 4 · foe.scotWEB
   Peterhead Power Station Explainer

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5. 5 · ssethermal.comWEB
   Peterhead Carbon Capture Power Station

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6. 6 · theferret.scotWEB
   Ministers urged to reject new Peterhead gas plant

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7. 7 · ca.news.yahoo.comWEB
   New gas-fired power station at Peterhead is approved

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8. 8 · businessgreen.comWEB
   Scottish ministers approve new carbon capture gas power ...

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9. 9 · committees.parliament.ukWEB
   Evidence on Renewable Energy Sector in Scotland

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10. 10 · aberdeenlive.newsWEB
    Environmental campaigners call on Scottish Government to ...

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