House of Commons - The Future of Marine Renewables in the UK

Energy and Climate Change - Eleventh Report
The Future of Marine Renewables in the UK

Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 7 February 2012.

Contents

Terms of Reference

Summary

1 Introduction

Structure of this report

2 Potential benefits of wave and tidal power

A large domestic resource

Energy security

Carbon savings

Economic benefits

3 Attracting investment

Types of investor

Increasing investor confidence

4 Strategy and policy direction

Low-carbon technologies

Reducing the cost of wave and tidal energy

Deployment targets

Coordination between strategic funding bodies

5 Financing

Capital support

Revenue support

6 Other barriers to the development of marine renewables

Grid

Planning and consenting

Environmental monitoring requirements

Skills

Public acceptability

7 Conclusion

Annex 1: Note of the visit to Orkney

Recommendations

Formal Minutes

Witnesses

List of printed written evidence

List of additional written evidence

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament

Oral and Written Evidence