Wave Power: Expenditure

(asked on 9th November 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much public funding has his Department allocated to the development of wave electricity generation in each year since 2010.


Answered by
Greg Hands Portrait
Greg Hands
Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
This question was answered on 17th November 2021

The table below sets out the level of state support for research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) received by tidal and wave energy technologies in each year since 2010. These figures do not include the sizeable revenue support provided by schemes such as the Renewables Obligation.


UK Government(s) Total Research, Development and Demonstration Spend

YEAR

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

Tidal energy specific

..

..

..

£2m

£2.9m

£1.5m

£1.3m

£900k

..

£2m

£3.3m

..

Wave energy specific

..

..

..

£4.5m

£4m

£8.7m

£650k

£450k

£8.5m

£11.5m

£8.3m

..

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