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The Marine Power All-Occasion Parliamentary Group (APPG) has been relaunched with Orkney and Shetland MP as Chair. The primary full group assembly of the brand new Parliament was held in the present day, 22 October 2024.
Chair Alistair Carmichael MP is joined by Llinos Medi MP (Plaid Cymru, Ynys Mon), Harriet Cross MP (Conservative, Gordon and Buchan) and Torcuil Crichton MP (Labour, Na h-Eileanan an Iar) as officers of the group.
The UK has over 30 GW of untapped marine power potential, sufficient to offer a 3rd of its present electrical energy demand. This may be harnessed through putting in tidal stream generators and wave power converters in its seas.
The APPG is focussed on realising that potential, selling the financial, provide chain and power safety advantages from the event of marine power assets. Its membership spans all 4 nations with MPs representing coastal communities and constituencies poised to profit from marine power via the creation of inexperienced jobs, provide chains, and progress.
The marine power international export market is forecast to be price over £70bn by 2050. With over 80% UK provide chain content material going into initiatives presently being deployed, marine power can play a key position in realising the Authorities’s ambition to make the UK a clear power superpower. This requires a supportive and clear coverage surroundings.
In the present day’s assembly introduced collectively MPs and trade leaders from throughout the political spectrum to debate the actions required throughout this Parliament to help the UK realising its marine power potential, and the trade’s key asks of the Labour Authorities:
- Setting a £30m tidal stream and a £5m wave power ringfence in its subsequent renewable public sale.
- Co-investing in marine power initiatives through GB Power.
- Focusing on 1 GW of tidal stream and 300 MW wave power deployment by 2035.
Alistair Carmichael MP welcomed the re-establishment of the Marine Power APPG:
“The UK has a wealthy marine power useful resource and the mandatory maritime engineering experience to steer the world in harnessing the facility of waves and tides. This requires authorities and trade working collectively to create an enabling coverage surroundings that will get extra initiatives in our waters. I’m thrilled to be elected chair of the Marine Power APPG and look ahead to working with colleagues from all events to ship actual progress throughout this parliament.”
Neil Kermode, managing director, EMEC attending the APPG:
“It’s nice to see sturdy cross-party curiosity in marine power, with illustration throughout Labour, the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats, Plaid Cymru, SNP and DUP, reflecting the nationwide dedication to this significant sector. I’m notably happy to see Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, on the helm of the APPG. Alistair is a steadfast advocate of sustaining the UK’s management in marine power and has seen first-hand the roles and provide chain progress which have come from the unprecedented testing and demonstration actions in Orkney; financial advantages which can proceed to develop all through the UK because the sector additional evolves and commercialises.”
For extra data and checklist of members, see: Marine Power APPG
Supply: Marine Power Council
