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Given that we already produce more electricity than we can use in Scotland, we have the capability to export that electricity or use it for hydrogen production. We are already one step ahead, in the sense that we have that surplus. The potential to export to Germany was mentioned earlier—I am thinking of the HyLion project that the Scottish Government has announced. How do we get investors interested, given that we have the energy hub, this excess of wind-generated electricity and a potential project to export hydrogen to Germany in liquid form?

Does anybody else want to come in on that? Maggie?

Thank you very much.

Alasdair Ross, is voting for projects and so on the most effective way to allocate funds?

I have a final question, which is for Jim Grant. Moray Council’s written submission says:

“Projects funded which have a region wide remit are perhaps finding it difficult to engage with areas such as Moray with which they have had no previous connections for delivery of services meaning the benefit may be concentrated in Aberdeen.”

Can you elaborate on that?

Thank you very much.

Good afternoon. We have touched on participatory budgeting. I was interested to hear a comment that Jim Grant made earlier. You said that you already do extensive engagement with the community, and you gave a long list of examples. What impact has the £1 million that has gone into participatory budgeting had?

Alison Stuart, in the presentation that you gave this morning you highlighted that there was an increase in participation from year 1 to year 2 of, I think, 62 per cent, if I picked that up correctly.

It was great to see the 62 per cent increase in the number of people taking part. However, if you look at the age profile, you see that the under-25s were a very small proportion of the total number. How will you improve the engagement process for the under-25s?

How did you resolve that issue?