Bids for a slice of the £20m ($31.7m) scheme will be judged on a range of criteria, including the ability to generate a minimum of 7GWh a year via at least three generating devices, previously demonstrated at full-scale in sea conditions.
The winning projects will need to be up and running by the end of March 2016.
The initiative, first announced last summer, is designed to spearhead progress in sectors that are eventually expected to deliver 20% of current British electricity demand, while helping to cut carbon emissions and supporting “thousands of UK jobs”.
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