Hope for major energy hub

CITY chiefs are in talks with Mitsubishi to persuade it to increase its investment in the Edinburgh area.

The Japanese engineering giant plans to create a 100m research hub for offshore wind technology in the Lothians, as well as acquiring Edinburgh University spin-off firm Artemis Power.

If the hub is a success, Mitsubishi said it could bring a major offshore wind turbine manufacturing site to Scotland.

City chiefs are now trying to convince it to make Leith Docks one of the world's leading renewable energy "hubs".