Forth Valley, Scotland

The Forth Valley is located in the central belt of Scotland and incorporates the city of Edinburgh and the petrochemical complex of Grangemouth, the largest industrial area in Scotland. Several other industries are distributed around the area including four large power stations, the only cement works in Scotland, Exxon and Shell at Mossmorran, and two paper-mills. Grangemouth, on the south side of the Forth estuary is dominated by BP Chemicals, which in 2005 became part of the INEOS Group of companies.

Documented Synergies in Forth Valley

The following regional synergy examples are documented in this database:

By-Product Synergies

• Alternative Fuels and Raw Materials in Cement Production
• Reuse of Power Station Ash for Cement Production

Utility Synergies

• Energy Recovery from Chicken Litter
• Energy Recovery of Sewage

More Information

More information about regional synergies in Forth Valley can be found on:

• Harris, S. (2004) "Drivers and Barriers to Industrial Ecology in the UK", PhD Thesis, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
• Harris, S. and Pritchard, C.L. (2004) "Industrial Ecology as a Learning Process in Business Strategy", Progress in Industrial Ecology, Vol. 1, Nos. 1/2/3, pp. 89-111
• Scottish Enterprise
• Scottish Industrial Symbiosis Program (SISP)

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This webpage was last modified on 8 December 2006.

Disclaimer: The synergy information is provided for general use and although we believe all data to be correct, CSRP can accept no responsibility for the accuracy of the information. All presented case-study examples are retrieved from publicly available resources.