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£20m wave energy competition unveiled

Guardian; 05/04/2012

The Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) have announced a new £20m Marine Energy Array Demonstrator (Mead) prize scheme. Organisations should apply to the MEAD scheme online via the DECC website by 1 June 2012. Up to two winners will share the £20m funding, intended to support pre-commercial projects in order to demonstrate the operation of wave and/or tidal devices in array formation over a period of time. Pelamis, a leading wave technology company based in Scotland, has already said it intends to enter the competition. Bids will be judged by an assessment panel on a range of criteria including the ability to generate a minimum of 7GWh per year and the use of at least three generating devices, previously demonstrated at full scale in sea conditions. Projects must be up and running by the end of March 2016. Further details on the scheme can be found at http://www.decc.gov.uk/mead.

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Websites: http://www.guardian.co.uk

Keywords: Wave - Government - Wave and Tidal

Countries: UK -

Subjects: Information technology, Lighting, Project Management, Policy and Governance, Research and development, Marine transportation, Commercial, Wave power, Tidal Power, Funding