Doosan Babcock in £11m green project

A CLEAN energy research and development project was launched yesterday in Renfrew.

Doosan Babcock's £11 million programme, to be carried out from its research and development centre, aims to develop technology for power station boilers and environmental control systems.

The centre currently employs more than 100 staff and a further 100 are expected to be recruited over the coming years.

Scottish Enterprise has contributed £2.84m towards the project through its research and development grants scheme.

Iain Miller, chief executive of Doosan Babcock Energy, said: "As energy demand increases worldwide as well as the need for major reductions in emissions, the need for research becomes ever more important.

"The research is aimed at establishing Doosan Babcock as one of the world leaders in power plant and environmental control technologies, providing export opportunities as well as helping the UK meet its own targets for reduction."