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Wave and tidal leasing round winners

16/03/2010 - Today (16 March) The Crown Estate announced the names of the successful bidders for the world’s first commercial wave and tidal leasing round, for 10 sites in Scotland’s Pentland Firth and Orkney waters. The 1.2GW of installed capacity proposed by the wave and tidal energy developers for 2020, 600MW each from wave and tidal, is four times the peak output of Dounreay power station. This is enough electricity to meet the needs of up to three quarters of a million homes. The developers have signed Agreements for Lease with The Crown Estate to take forward the development of their wave and tidal energy installations. This will allow developers to enter the statutory consenting process for their sites with security of access to the seabed.Click here for full story

And the winners are…..

16/03/2010 - The developers who have signed a total of ten Agreements for Lease are:
Wave: SSE Renewables Developments Ltd, 200MW for Costa Head site; Aquamarine Power Ltd & SSE Renewables Developments Ltd, 200MW for Brough Head site; Scottish Power Renewables UK Ltd, 50MW for Marwick Head site; E.ON, 50MW for West Orkney South site; E.ON, 50MW for West Orkney Middle South site; Pelamis Wave Power Ltd, 50MW for Armadale site, And tidal: SSE Renewables Developments (UK) Ltd, 200MW for Westray South site; SSE Renewables Holdings (UK) Ltd & OpenHydro Site Development Ltd, 200MW for Cantick Head site; Marine Current Turbines Ltd, 100MW for Brough Ness site; and Scottish Power Renewables UK Ltd, 100MW for Ness of Duncansby site.Click here for full story

The First Minister’s view

16/03/2010 - The First Minister, Alex Salmond, MSP, MP said: “Today marks a major milestone in the global journey towards a low carbon future, with the commercial-scale deployment of marine renewables set to power our economies and help safeguard the planet for generations to come. These waters have been described as the Saudi Arabia of marine power and the wave and tidal projects unveiled today – exceeding the initial 700MW target capacity – underline the rich natural resources of the waters off Scotland. Leading international energy companies and innovators continue to be drawn to Scottish waters, which boast as much as a quarter of Europe’s tidal and offshore wind resource and a tenth of the continent’s potential wave capacity. Together with some 11GW of planned offshore wind developments, these latest marine renewables projects show that Scotland is powering ahead in the development and deployment of clean, green energy.”Click here for full story

The Secretary of State’s view

16/03/2010 - The Secretary of State for Scotland Jim Murphy said: “This is a welcome world-first for Scotland and I am happy to see the major steps being taken to harness Scotland’s wave and tidal energy. It is an extremely exciting time for renewables in Scotland and across the rest of the UK as we use more of our natural resources to generate our power. “Scotland is naturally placed to make the most of this green revolution and we will continue to work with others to ensure the potential of Scottish waters, alongside wind power, is fully met.”Click here for full story

Milestone moment for marine energy

16/03/2010 - Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) is primed and ready to support engagement between developers and local suppliers after The Crown Estate reveals at midday today (Tuesday, March 16) which companies have been granted leases to generate marine energy in the Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters. The successful bids have been selected by The Crown Estate from 42 applications put forward by 20 developers keen to install commercial scale energy generators in some of the most promising seabed sites in Europe. Calum Davidson, head of key sectors at HIE said: "This is a milestone in the journey of marine energy generation in the Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters, moving it from aspiration towards reality.
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It’s ‘Pentland Firth Day’

16/03/2010 - Today (16 March) will be the "dawn of a new era" for Scotland as it takes the lead globally in the emerging field of marine renewable energy, experts have claimed. A landmark announcement will open up the Pentland Firth off the north coast of Scotland for wave and tidal schemes, attracting billions of pounds of investment. About a dozen companies from all over the world will be given the go ahead to install hundreds of green-energy devices in the stretch of sea, which is famed for its powerful tides.Click here for full story

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Round 3 opportunities: All-Energy is THE place to be!

ROUND THREE - AND MUCH MORE! The Crown Estate has announced the successful bidders for nine vast offshore wind zones within UK waters. With a total capacity of 32GW these will, if fully developed, account for up to 6,000 turbines and up to 45,000 UK-based jobs in new coastal manufacturing hubs by 2020. All-Energy - the UK's largest renewable energy show - is the perfect event in the perfect place for you to join in the transformation of the UK's offshore wind capacity. Add to that the decision to approve the Beauly-Denny power line upgrade, FiT and RHI,and the forthcoming Pentland Firth licensing announcements, and it looks like being quite a year for exciting business opportunities. Explore them, and grasp them at All-Energy 2010.

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LOOKING BACK TO ALL-ENERGY '09: what a show! If you attended as a speaker, chair, exhibitor, speaker or journalist we thank you, and hope you found your time there successful, stimulating and enjoyable.

total attendance of 5,500 from 60 countries
380+ exhibitors from 14 countries
more than 250 speakers
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