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Government takes on Cornwall’s Wave Hub project ...
The Wave Hub offshore marine energy project in Cornwall, which allows developers to test new wave energy technology, has been taken into ownership by the government to secure its future as a vital part of the UK's green energy sources. The Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) took ownership of the asset from the South West Regional Development Agency (RDA) at the start of the year.
BIS and the RDA had been discussing the Wave Hub's future since closure of the RDA was confirmed by the government last summer.
To manage the day-to-day operation of the testing facility on its behalf, BIS has set up a stand-alone operating company, Wave Hub Limited, which will be based in Hayle, Cornwall. This arrangement will allow the project to build on the operational plans already put in place by the RDA.
Energy Minister Charles Hendry has given the go-ahead to developer Dalkia for a new, 53 MW waste wood power plant to be built at the former RAF airfield at Pollington, Yorkshire, which is to be fuelled by 360,000 tonnes of waste wood per annum. The feedstock will be delivered to the site via the Aire and Calder Navigation Canal.
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Region: UK
Keywords: Wave - UK energy policy - Alternative energies - wave
Subjects: Project Management, Measurement, testing and control, Skills, education and training, Policy and Governance, Research and development, Electricity generation, Marine transportation, Waste recycling and disposal, Fuelwood, wood residues and by-products, Refinery feedstock, Waste, Wave power, Tidal Power, Biomass, Energy policy
