Pentland Firth To Lead In Marine Energy Developments Announced Today

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Pentland Firth To Lead In Marine Energy Developments Announced Today

WORLD'S FIRST WAVE AND TIDAL ENERGY LEASING ROUND TO POWER UP TO THREE QUARTERS OF A MILLION HOMES Simultaeous Annoucments Made In Wick, Kirkwall and Edinburgh Today Tuesday16 March 2010 The Crown Estate has announced the names of the successful bidders for the world's first commercial wave and tidal leasing round, for ten sites in Scotland's Pentland Firth and Orkney waters. The 1.2 GW of installed capacity proposed by the wave and tidal energy developers for 2020, 600 MW each from wave and tidal, is four times the peak output of Dounreay power station. ... [Read Full Article]