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| Orkney to get 'biggest' wave farm | Orkney to get 'biggest' wave farm |
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| Scottish ministers are set to announce funding for what has been described as the world's biggest wave farm. | Scottish ministers are set to announce funding for what has been described as the world's biggest wave farm. |
| Leith-based company Ocean Power Delivery has been testing the Pelamis device at the European Marine Energy Centre on Orkney. | Leith-based company Ocean Power Delivery has been testing the Pelamis device at the European Marine Energy Centre on Orkney. |
| Scottish Power wants to commission four more at the same site. | Scottish Power wants to commission four more at the same site. |
| Deputy First Minister Nicol Stephen is set to announce a £13m funding package that will also allow a number of other marine energy devices to be tested. | Deputy First Minister Nicol Stephen is set to announce a £13m funding package that will also allow a number of other marine energy devices to be tested. |
| Ocean Power Delivery has already exported the Pelamis for use in a commercial wave farm. | Ocean Power Delivery has already exported the Pelamis for use in a commercial wave farm. |
| Click here to see how the wave power system works | Click here to see how the wave power system works |
| The large, tubular segments were taken to a site off the northern coast of Portugal last year for a project which aimed to generate enough power for 1,500 households. | The large, tubular segments were taken to a site off the northern coast of Portugal last year for a project which aimed to generate enough power for 1,500 households. |
| At that stage the company warned that the industry could be forced to quit Scotland if there were no opportunities to use the technology closer to home. | At that stage the company warned that the industry could be forced to quit Scotland if there were no opportunities to use the technology closer to home. |
| Now Scottish Power is planning a venture which it believes could create enough power for 2,000 homes. | Now Scottish Power is planning a venture which it believes could create enough power for 2,000 homes. |
| Friends of the Earth Scotland's chief executive, Duncan McLaren, said: "Wave and tidal power could supply a fifth of UK's electricity needs and Scotland is ideally placed to generate significant amounts of this pollution-free energy. | Friends of the Earth Scotland's chief executive, Duncan McLaren, said: "Wave and tidal power could supply a fifth of UK's electricity needs and Scotland is ideally placed to generate significant amounts of this pollution-free energy. |
| "It is critical that we see full-scale devices in our waters soon, otherwise the world-leading expertise Scotland has built up will rapidly depart these shores." | "It is critical that we see full-scale devices in our waters soon, otherwise the world-leading expertise Scotland has built up will rapidly depart these shores." |
| Mr Stephen will announce the nine successful bidders who will receive a share of the Marine Energy Fund when he visits Ocean Power Delivery's headquarters on Tuesday. | Mr Stephen will announce the nine successful bidders who will receive a share of the Marine Energy Fund when he visits Ocean Power Delivery's headquarters on Tuesday. |
| 'Push ahead' | |
| He told BBC Radio Scotland he would like to see Scotland become the "renewables powerhouse of Europe". | |
| "In the 1980s, Scotland did have an edge in terms of wind technology," he said. | |
| "But we hesitated and failed to seize the opportunity and it went to Scandinavia, Germany and Spain. | |
| "This time I'm determined that we push ahead as quickly as possible." | |
| Mr Stephen said the industry had the potential to create thousands of jobs and attract millions of pounds of investment. | |
| "The possibilities in India and China and the emerging economies for this sort of technology is verging on limitless," he said. | |
| "Scotland will have the largest wave farm in the world as a result of this announcement and we're going to build from there - further investment will be required." | |
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