Why Wave Goodbye to Power of the Sea? ; Last Week, Energy Secretary Ed Miliband Claimed the Westcountry has 'No Option' but to Accept a Massive Expansion of Wind Farms. But Tory Energy Spokesman Charles Hendry Says the Region Deserves Better and There Should Be More Focus On Tidal and Wave Power

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D MILIBAND'S recent article in the WMN was supposedly about the South West leading the way in renewable energy, but for him there appears to be E just one technology - wind.

Hardly a mention of offshore marine energy using the waves or the tides in a part of the country that has some of the best coastal facilities for this, or of solar power in the region where there is the highest amount of sunshine.

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Why Wave Goodbye to Power of the Sea? ; Last Week, Energy Secretary Ed Miliband Claimed the Westcountry has 'No Option' but to Accept a Massive Expansion of Wind Farms. But Tory Energy Spokesman Charles Hendry Says the Region Deserves Better and There Should Be More Focus On Tidal and Wave Power

So why does the Government focus so little on these emerging technologies? The answer is that it has boxed itself in, by setting such a tight timescale for the roll-out of renewables that only wind is ready to contribute in a major way.

And in turn, that means the Government has to steamroller over ...

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