The UK seabed landlord says the six demonstration zones will for the first time enable locally-based organisations to manage and sub-let parts of the seabed to a range of wave and tidal stream developers.

Additionally the five new wave and tidal current sites will each have the potential to deliver a project of between 10MW and 30MW.

The locations for the six demonstration zones and five project sites include three off the coast of England, four off Scotland, three off Wales and one in Northern Ireland.

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