Aberdeenshire to drive forward green industrial revolution A new project to provide safe carbon storage capacity in the North Sea, off Aberdeenshire, will benefit from £31 million of UK Government funding. From: 17 March 2021 £31 million UK Government funding for world-class, safe carbon storage in rock deep below the North Sea Project could cut emissions and support a greener economy across North East Scotland, creating tens of thousands of new jobs Funding part of a wider package of UK Government measures to put the UK at the forefront of the global green industrial revolution. An ambitious new project to provide world-class, safe carbon storage capacity in the North Sea, off Aberdeenshire, will benefit from £31 million of UK Government funding and could create tens of thousands of new, green jobs, the UK Business and Energy Secretary announced today (Wednesday 17 March).