UK waters could host marine energy

11 May 2009 | Author: Jeanette Wiemers, newsbriefs editor | Print version | Send to a friend

Study will investigate potential for wave, tide energy on English and Welsh coasts

Lord Hunt of the UK’s Department of Energy and Climate Change spoke late last month about a screening exercise that will look at the potential for wave, tidal-stream, and tidal range energy technologies around the coastlines of England and Wales. Hunt said the government hopes to better understand a realistic timescale for installing and commissioning marine energy devices, and will also seek input from developers and utilities about their plans and preferred locations for commercial marine energy farms.

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