Scotland’s first Minister Alex Salmond has described Scottish waters as the Saudi Arabia of marine power in response to the announcement of a new marine project.
The Scottish Government has been working with The Crown Estate who owns the sea bed off Scotland and Highlands and Islands Enterprise, Orkney Islands Council and Highland Council on the offshore marine project aimed at delivering 1.2 gigawatts (GW) electricity from sites off Caithness and Orkney.
Areas of seabed with potential for marine energy have now been leased by the Crown Estate to a range of utility and advanced technology developers including, Marine Current Turbines, Pelamis Wave Power, SSE Renewables Developments (together with Aquamarine and Open Hydro), Scottish Power Renewables and EON.
Salmond told the BBC that the sea around Orkney is “rich in natural resources” and that “Scotland rules the waves”. He anticipates that marine energy could provide for the needs of 700,000 homes.
In the same week the British Government announced a new Marine Energy Action Plan. Renewables trade association ‘RenewableUK’ Chief Exec Maria McCaffery said “With the publication of the Marine Energy Action Plan (MEAP) the Government’s renewable energy policy has taken a significant step forward. MEAP creates, for the first time, an opportunity for the public and private sectors to discuss the key actions required to develop the UK marine energy industry. This is precisely the type of initiative that the UK needs in order to continue to lead the world in the development of wave and tidal energy potential.”
Renewables UK wants the Government to commit to £220 million (US $300) in capital support for technology development over the next five years, with the aim of powering 1.4 million homes with marine energy by 2020, and producing an annual sector turnover of £900m by 2030 (US $1360 million).
cosma vasile
March 15th, 2011
Did you know that Romania has a technical solution with the highest efficiency to capture wave power?.
Patent 108893 entitled Dynamic Engine for Sea Wave Energy Catching. A pioneering invention. It is estimated that “dynamic engine” has the ability to catching wave energy at a rate of over 80% while the other technical solutions known worldwide, are not able to capture wave energy with a higher percentage of about 10-15%.
Cosma Vasile Rominia.
cosma vasile
May 11th, 2011
Patent RO 108893 publised on internet.
For accurate information please visit: Brevet RO no. 108893. MOTOR DYNAMIC FOR WAVE CATCHING