EU OCEAN ENERGY MOVES FORWARD, AHEAD OF NEW ROADMAP TO SPUR GROWTH
July 1st, 2016
Europe in 2016 has been witness to significant milestones passed in deployment of new, full-scale demonstration and commercial tidal stream and wave energy projects.
This is encouraging for the European Union (EU), which wants clean, renewable ‘ocean energy’ to provide a tenth of its power by mid-century.
In 2014, Europe produced 484 gigawatt hours (GWh) this way, 51% of the global total, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)1.
100GW could be deployed by 2050, providing 350 terrawatt hours (TWh) to the grid, according to a May 2016 ...
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