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Tuesday 16th March, Round 1 winners anounced. Listed under proposed.

Wave and Tidal power are more an idea than a practical proposition. They will be listed below as they come on stream or are planned. Also see recent developments :

Active and Currently Generating	In ascending order (lowest at top) of generating capacity	Return to Map
Building or Planning Approved
Proposed
Refused or Cancelled (new listing)

Status	Site Name	Capacity	Region	Commissioned

Projects currently Generating
1	Islay Wave Power	0.1	Scotland	July 2008
1	Oyster 1	0.35	England
1	Strangford Lough	1.2	NIreland	July 2008
3	Siadar Bay	4	Scotland
3	Skerries	10	Wales
3	Islay	10	Scotland
3	Pentland Firth	20	Scotland
3	West Orkney South	50	Scotland
3	West Orkney Mid South	50	Scotland
3	Marwick Head	50	Scotland
3	Brough Head	50	Scotland
3	Armadale	50	Scotland
3	Ness of Duncansby	100	Scotland
3	Brough Ness	100	Scotland
3	Costa Head	200	Scotland
3	Cantick Head	200	Scotland
3	Severn Barrage	8640	Wales	Proposed

More news and info

Oyster 1, Orkney
first full-scale 315kW Oyster WAVE energy device at the European Marine Energy Centre's test site at Billia Croo, near Stromness in Orkney in the summer of 2009.
Source: ap, Date and Time of entry: 03 January 2012 00:00

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-15653535
FabTest will enable developers to cost-effectively trial WAVE energy devices in Falmouth Bay, prior to linking up to WAVE Hub off the county's shore.
Source: bbc, Date and Time of entry: 05 December 2011 00:00

Islay WAVE Power hand over
Voith Hydro WAVEgen, the Inverness-based marine energy company, has cause to celebrate after successfully handing over the world’s first full life WAVE power plant into commercial operation.
Source: invcour, Date and Time of entry: 28 November 2011 00:00

(Islay WAVE Power) Inverness firm hands over Spanish WAVE power plant
The Highlands company built the Limpet demonstrator WAVE project on Islay in Argyll.It is also working on plans to harness WAVE power at Siadar off the west coast of Lewis on the Western Isles.
Source: bbc, Date and Time of entry: 28 November 2011 00:00

Charges 'threaten' Scottish WAVE and tidal power plans
Scotland is in danger of losing its place at the forefront of research into WAVE and tidal energy because of high connection charges, it has been warned.
Source: bbc, Date and Time of entry: 19 September 2011 00:00

WAVE device tested off Scotland exceeds expectations
US-based Ocean Power Technologies (OPT), which also has offices in Warwick, Warwickshire, deployed the machine from Invergordon, Easter Ross.
Source: bbc, Date and Time of entry: 15 July 2011 00:00

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