Written question asked by Tracy Gilbert (Labour) on Friday, 31 October 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 4 November 2025. It was answered by Michael Shanks (Labour) on Monday, 10 November 2025 on behalf of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.
Tidal Power: Finance
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what his Department’s policy is for tidal stream in the upcoming Contracts for Difference allocation round.
- Answer
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Six new tidal stream projects secured contracts in Allocation Round 6 (AR6) of the Contracts for Difference Scheme. The UK is now on track to have 130MW of tidal stream deployed by 2029. The parameters for Allocation Round 7 (AR7) were published in July and the budget for technologies including tidal will be published later in the year. This will include any minima, maxima or ringfencing information.
Secondary information
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- Written question
- Reference
- 87154
- Session
- 2024-26
- Subjects
- Finance Tidal power
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- 2025-11-10 11:02:29 +0000
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