Jim Murphy and Alex Salmond have today welcomed the leasing of sites for marine renewable energy generation off Scotland, despite the fact that their respective governments’ flagship schemes have paid out nothing to fund marine energy technologies.
Liberal Democrat research has found that:
- Not one project has yet received funding from the UK Government’s £42m Marine Renewables Deployment Fund
- Not one project has yet received funding from the Scottish Government’s Saltire Prize, although over £77,000 has been spent on advertising it
Commenting, Liberal Democrat Shadow Scotland Secretary, Alistair Carmichael said:
“Governments in London and Edinburgh have delivered little more than rhetoric on renewables so far.
“Today’s announcements are welcome, but this is the start of a process rather than the end.
“Both Labour and the SNP’s flagship marine energy funds have paid out nothing to technologies crying out for support.
“The politicians falling over themselves to welcome these announcements must now make sure they deliver on their earlier commitments to ensure we see real progress.”
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