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Tidal Power

Question for Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

UIN 144918, tabled on 28 January 2021

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the role that tidal range energy can play in the UK's future energy mix.

Answered on

2 February 2021

The Government recently ran a Call for Evidence inviting views on what scope there is for marine technologies across the UK, including examining what additional support could move tidal range and other technologies towards commercialisation. This concluded on 30th September 2020 and BEIS officials are currently reviewing the responses received.

Answered by

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
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