Treasury Minister Charles Parkinson, who brought the proposals to the States, reassured members that his department would look into increased tax on marine fuel for recreational purposes, which was exempt from the 2010 fuel rise.

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It became a mission, critical in the eyes of the 1st Marine Division, for fuel.

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They needed to get in a quarter of a million gallons of diesel fuel to allow the Marine division to push forward.

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"This program takes on a number of power-related challenges and ultimately will allow the Marine Corps to take a big step toward its goal of using fuel only for mobility purposes by 2025, " said H.

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Each unit of power fed into the grid from a marine renewable machine earns about five times more than power generated by a fossil fuel.

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"The RSEP program is a key initiative in the Marine Corps' expeditionary power systems portfolio for advanced power sources that embrace renewable energy systems as a means to reduce fossil fuel requirements, " said Mike Gallagher, program manager for expeditionary power systems at Marine Corps Systems Command, which will work with ONR to transition the technology to the field.

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The Scottish government has been calling for money to be released from the Fossil Fuel Levy, which is held by Ofgem, so investments can be made in onshore and marine renewable projects.

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