Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential baseload power that can be provided by tidal power as part of a net zero strategy; and if he will make a statement.
The Government recently ran a Call for Evidence inviting views on the scope for marine technologies across the UK. This concluded on 30th September 2020 and we are currently reviewing the responses received.
An individual tidal stream generator would generate with the tides, but with many turbines at multiple sites, each with different tide times, total output would be more constant. Adding tidal range and wave power, the overall generation pattern could resemble baseload.