DECC launches first report on marine energy 'Action Plan'
15 March 2010
The first report of the government's Marine Energy Action Plan was launched today (Monday March 15) by Lord Hunt. This sets out DECC's vision for what marine energy can do for the UK and what is needed to make it happen. The Plan, which has been developed by government jointly with industry, sets out the actions needed to drive the marine energy sector forward. Its key recommendations include:
• Forming a UK-wide strategic coordination group to develop a planning and consenting roadmap for all types of marine renewables;
• Consideration of support levels for marine technologies under the review of banding of the Renewables Obligation in Autumn;
• Ensuring that the appropriate levels of targeted funding are available to bridge the technology market failures that exist in this developing sector, subject to the budgets in the next public spending round;
• Leveraging private equity, and in the longer term, project capital into the sector;
• Establishing guidelines and best practice in the development of new technologies; and
• Building a UK marine energy supply chain and utilising the current skills base
already established from the offshore wind, oil and gas, and maritime industries.
Lord Hunt also announced the establishment of a Ministerial Task Force on Marine Energy, which will bring together key players to oversee future work on the Marine Energy Action Plan.
The full report can be downloaded here
(Pictured above is the 650kW Pelamis Mark I wave energy converter prototype under construction)
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