Mr. Hoban

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of the potential for the generation of electricity from tidal power off the south coast of England. ( 313409 )

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Mr. Kidney

[holding answer 26 January 2010]: The Government commissioned the updating of the UK Marine Renewable Energy Resources Atlas

in 2007. The charts in the Atlas indicate the distribution of potential resource for the future deployment of renewable energy technologies—wind, wave and tidal. The Atlas represents the most detailed regional description of potential marine energy resources in UK waters completed to date at a national scale, and will be used to help guide policy and planning decisions for future site leasing rounds.

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