Marine Renewable Energy

Marine Renewables Support Links

DTI: Renewables Energy
http://www.dti.gov.uk/energy/sources/renewables/index.html

DTI Funding for Marine: Capital Grants Scheme & Marine Renewables Deployment Fund
http://www.dti.gov.uk/renewables/renew_4.3.2.htm

EMEC Wave and Tidal Standards
http://www.emec.org.uk/national_standards.asp

Scottish Executive: FREDS Marine Energy Group Report
http://www.emec.org.uk/national_standards.asp

Scottish Executive: Oppotunities for Marine Energy in Scotland (takes a long time to download)
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library5/environment/marineenergy.pdf

The Crown Estate: Marine Estates
http://www.crownestate.co.uk/estates/marine/39_the_marine_estate_04_02_06.htm

SuperGen Marine: Research to Reduce Risk and uncertainty for marine energy development
http://www.supergen-marine.org.uk/

International Energy Agency: Ocean Energy Systems
www.iea-oceans.org

Marine Renewables Directory: The definative industry database for offshore renewables projects
http://www.marinerenewablesdirectory.com

Environmental Links

Countryside Council for Wales: Potential Impacts of Marine Renewable Energy Developments (Part I & II)
http://www.ccw.gov.uk/reports/index.cfm?Action=View&RID=116&lang=en
http://www.ccw.gov.uk/reports/index.cfm?Action=View&RID=117&lang=en

Scottish Natural Heritage: Marine Renewable Energy and the Natural Heritage - A Policy Statement
http://www.snh.org.uk/pdfs/polstat/mrp.pdf

WWF: Policy Document on Marine Renewables in the UK
http://www.wwf.org.uk/filelibrary/pdf/marine_renewable_energy.pdf

Marine Bill and Marine Spatial Planning Links

DEFRA MSP Irish Sea Pilot Consortium
http://mspp.abpmer.co.uk/mspp/index.asp

WWF: Marine Act Campaign and Draft Marine Bill
http://www.wwf.org.uk/marineact/

WWF: Marine Protected Areas and Marine Spatial Planning
http://www.wwf.org.uk/filelibrary/pdf/MPAs-marinespacialplanning.pdf

RSPB: Potential Benefits of Marine Spatial Planning to economic activity in the UK
http://www.rspb.org.uk/Images/MSPUK_tcm5-66082.pdf

English Nature: Review of how the Land Use Planning System could Influence the Development of Marine Spatial Planning for England
http://www.englishnature.org.uk/pubs/publication/PDF/566.pdf

English Nature: The Practical Implementation of Marine Spatial Planning - understanding and addressing cumulative impacts
http://www.englishnature.org.uk/pubs/publication/PDF/599.pdf