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Tidal Power

Question for Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

UIN 603, tabled on 18 July 2024

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of setting a one gigawatt deployment target for tidal stream energy for 2035.

Answered on

23 July 2024

The Government will continue to review the merits of setting a target for tidal stream deployment and will continue to engage with stakeholders on this.

Tidal stream is a home-grown industry of considerable promise, and the UK remains the world leader in tidal stream generation technologies, with over half of the world's deployment of this innovation situated in UK waters.

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