ISLANDS JOIN FOR TIDAL CFD BIDDING

Positive market signals from the UK Government are said to have ignited a partnership between Scottish and English islands to get the infrastructure ready for commercial scale tidal energy roll out.

The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), Orkney, has joined forces with Perpetuus Tidal Energy Centre (PTEC) to develop a large-scale tidal energy site off the Isle of Wight.

This site will be eligible to bid into future UK Contracts for Difference (CfD) allocation rounds enabling tidal energy technologies developed in the UK to deliver predictable low carbon energy - Link - more like this - link