Question follow-through · 9447
Tidal Power
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to produce a feasibility study on tidal power.
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 16 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 21 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 25 Oct 2024 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to produce a feasibility study on tidal power.
21 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Oct 2024
Answer published
The UK possesses tremendous tidal resource and could play a role in balancing the intermittency of wind and solar generation as we transition towards clean power. The UK remains the world leader in tidal stream generation technologies, with around half of...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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