"This is fantastic news for renewable energy in the UK" "This is fantastic news for renewable energy in the UK. We have one of the best wave resources in Europe and a high concentration of the most committed engineering teams in place to help maximise the potential within this huge source of clean energy. With this major step towards commercialisation OPD have shown that continued support for this emerging power sector is essential to ensure wave power follows in the footsteps of wind and becomes a readily available commercial technology. "
Commenting on the news from the European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney where Ocean Power Delivery's Pelamis wave machine has delivered its first electricity generation into the UK grid - the first from an offshore wave machine in the UK - BWEA's Marine Renewables Development Manager Michael Hay said:
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