Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans to increase the amount of tidal power generated in the UK.
The Government announced in November that the fourth Contracts for Difference allocation round will feature a £20m annual ringfenced budget for tidal stream energy.
The Government remains open to considering well-developed proposals for harnessing the tidal range energy around our coastlines. Any such proposal would need to demonstrate strong evidence of value for money before the Government could take a view on its potential.