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HARNESSING SCOTLAND'S MARINE ENERGY POTENTIAL
ANNEX B
FREDS - MARINE ENERGY SUB-GROUP (MEG)
TERMS OF REFERENCE
The Scottish Executive believes that marine energy can make a significant contribution to achieving Scotland's aspiration to generate 40% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2020. Moreover, Scotland's abundant natural resources, combined with our indigenous offshore industry, marine engineering capabilities and strong academic research capacity, suggest that Scotland could develop a manufacturing base for marine energy technologies. The Forum for Renewable Energy Development in Scotland has decided to establish a Marine Energy sub-group to bring forward an action plan for developing Scotland's marine energy potential.
The Marine Energy sub-group will consider and bring forward proposals for:
a. accelerating the commercial deployment of marine energy devices and maximising the contribution that marine energy can make towards Scotland's energy mix by 2020; and
b. developing a manufacturing base for marine energy technologies in Scotland.
In particular, the sub-group will:
provide a realistic assessment of the potential marine energy resource in the waters around Scotland and its suitability to support different marine energy technologies;
identify any planning issues that would need to be addressed to support the large-scale deployment of marine energy devices;
suggest measures to overcome the barriers to moving from research to demonstration and accelerating the commercial deployment of marine energy devices;
advise on the opportunities to establish an international role for the Marine Energy Test Centre in Orkney;
assess the scale of the financial challenge to be overcome if marine energy is to become commercially viable, and suggest affordable measures which could help achieve this;
identify the key challenges and opportunities for establishing a manufacturing base in Scotland for marine energy technologies;
examine progress in other countries and suggest how Scotland might secure a competitive advantage in the deployment and manufacture of marine energy devices; and
suggest suitable milestones and targets to promote the development of Scotland's marine energy potential.
The sub-group will be accountable to the Forum and will report during 2004
FREDS Secretariat
October 2003
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