Industry groups in the two nations simultaneously launched strategy roadmaps aimed at building up their nascent marine renewables sectors.
The US Ocean Renewable Energy Coalition (Orec) is targeting an operational capacity of at least 15GW within 20 years.
Canada’s Ocean Renewable Energy Group (Oreg) unveiled a plan in Montreal that would see the industry reach 75MW by 2016, 250MW by 2020 and 2GW by 2030.
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