THE Scottish government’s Grangemouth transition plan has been slammed as putting “buzzwords” before action.

The cluster at Grangemouth, responsible for 8 per cent of Scotland’s manufacturing capacity and 7.2 per cent of carbon emissions, was hit with a hammer-blow earlier in the year as PetroIneos announced plans to close its oil refinery on the site, with the loss of 2,822 jobs across the supply chain.

The report sets out the SNP Scottish government’s vision to see it turned into “a thriving industrial cluster which has reduced carbon emissions to net zero” by 2045.