DECC grants £20m for UK marine power

The UK Government has announced a £20 million fund to help drive growth in the nation’s marine energy industry. British firms MeyGen Ltd and Sea Generation Ltd will share the cash, which was awarded as part of the Government’s Marine Energy Array Demonstrator (MEAD) launched last year. It aims to support the development and testing […]

DECC launches new marine scheme

Government has today launched its £20 million Marine Energy Array Demonstrator scheme (MEAD). The scheme will be able to support up to two pre-commercial projects to demonstrate wave or tidal devices. Organisations across the UK will be able to bid for a share of £20million until June 1st 2012. Climate Change Minister Greg Barker said: […]