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The Saltire Prize Challenge

The Saltire Prize, Scotland's £10 million challenge to accelerate the commercial development of marine energy, is now open for applications.

Scotland is particularly well-placed to do this given its history of technological innovation and its vast reserves of renewables potential. Scotland boasts 25 per cent of Europe's tidal power and 10 per cent of Europe's wave power.

The Challenge


£10 million will be awarded to the team that can demonstrate in Scottish waters, a commercially viable wave or tidal stream energy technology that achieves the greatest volume of electrical output over the set minimum hurdle of 100GWh over a continuous 2 year period using only the power of the sea.

Page updated: Thursday, July 8, 2010