Proving that marine energy can pass the government's new technology tests

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Luke Clark exclusively reveals RenewableUK's plans to work with the ORE Catapult, to prove marine energy can meet government's key benchmarks

The UK is the global leader in wave and tidal power. We have installed the first two commercial tidal stream arrays in the world off the coast of Shetland and in the Pentland Firth. We're at the cutting...

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