Is marine energy about to go mainstream?

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With Blue Chip investors backing marine energy projects, Dr Stephen Wyatt reckons the costs of wave and tidal power could soon plummet

As the marine industry gathers in London for its annual get together one thing is clear; the sector is growing up fast. So fast that it looks like it will soon be defying its critics and getting its feet...

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