Stretching from Bristol down to Cornwall and as far as the Isles of Scilly, the South West Marine Energy Park will operate as a partnership between local and national government, Local Enterprise Partnerships, the Universities of Plymouth and Exeter, and the pioneering 20MW Wave Hub testing facility.
“Marine power has huge potential in the UK not just in contributing to a greener electricity supply and cutting emissions, but in supporting thousands of jobs in a sector worth a possible £15bn to the economy to 2050,” says energy and climate change minister Greg Barker.
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