Every parliamentary written question tabled by Alistair Carmichael this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
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Whether his Department will consider setting a £40m tidal stream ringfence in Allocation Round 7 of the Contracts for Difference mechanism.
The Government is undertaking analysis of the technology pipeline available for Contracts for Difference Auction Round 7 against our legal obligations. We are considering the appropriate parameters for all technologies, including tidal stream. Final parameters will be published in the Budget Notice by December 2025.
Whether his Department will consider setting a £7m wave energy ringfence in Allocation Round 7 of the Contracts for Difference mechanism.
Allocation Round 7 (AR7) budget details will be published shortly, before the bidding window opens. Any decisions regarding the AR7 budget, including any minima, maxima or ringfences, are based on a wide range of factors, including an assessment of the pipeline of projects that could participate in the auction. The budget is set to help support effective competition in the CfD auction with the aim of delivering low carbon electricity deployment at low-cost to the consumer and supporting investment in emerging technologies.
What steps he plans to take to ensure domestic manufactured content is embedded in tidal stream projects.
The Government continues to engage with tidal stream industry on maintaining high levels of UK content in tidal stream projects.
If he will make an assessment of the potential merits of setting a one gigawatt deployment target for tidal stream energy for 2035.
The Government will continue to review the merits of setting a target for tidal stream deployment and will continue to engage with stakeholders on this.Tidal stream is a home-grown industry of considerable promise, and the UK remains the world leader in tidal stream generation technologies, with over half of the world's deployment of this innovation situated in UK waters.
If he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the minimum ringfence for Tidal Stream projects to £30 million for Allocation Round 6 of the upcoming Contracts for Difference auction.
The minimum budget for tidal stream was set in March at £10m. The Secretary of State will confirm his decision on whether to increase the AR6 budget by 1st August, before the AR6 bidding window opens.