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.
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
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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 | .. |