Happy New Year

We have now received the proposals from the Norwegian company - WPI - for the deployment of their vertical axis tidal turbine design in Morecambe Bay. This will now be given an independent technical appraisal by our advisors. As so much of this technology is new we understand there will be a need for further development before we can actually put turbines in the Bay. This will be part of future discussions with WPI. WPI are happy that any manufacturing could be done in the North West of England. We are delighted as this will potentially be another benefit for the local economy. In the meantime we continue to work up the proposals for the Environmental Impact Assessment. A major piece of work which is estimated to cost around £2m and take up to 28months.