Wave and tidal power companies have been flummoxed by the challenges of building on the ocean.
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Leases are also agreed for wave and tidal energy over this decade with a capacity of 1.6 gigawatts.
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That would force power companies to take more of their supply from green energy sources, like wave and tidal power.
Environment groups who have long bemoaned the slow pace of development on wave and tidal power endorsed the committee's recommendations.
It is vital that we do all we can to harness the vast wave and tidal opportunities as soon as possible.
BBC: NEWS | UK | Scotland | Edinburgh and East | Boost for marine power projects
Marine energy parks in the north of Scotland and south west England are to work together to develop the UK's wave and tidal industry.
Its priorities include wave and tidal energy, and renewable district heating.
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"The estimate for the UK in terms of wave and tidal is that it could eventually produce in excess of 10% of the country's electricity requirements, " says Mortimer.
Only wave and tidal power providers have experienced more trouble.
The scheme is part of efforts to develop the Pentland Firth and waters surrounding the Orkney Islands in the largest planned wave and tidal generating programme in the world.
"We can tackle climate change without having to resort to polluting nuclear power if we ensure all forms of renewable energy, including wave and tidal sources, are used, " he said.
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Its marine parks agreement will be formally signed at Renewable UK Wave and Tidal Conference in London and witnessed by UK climate change minister Greg Baker and Scottish energy minister Fergus Ewing.
FoE Scotland chief executive Duncan McLaren said wave and tidal power could supply a fifth of UK energy needs and that Scotland was ideally placed to generate a significant amount of that energy.
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Maf Smith, chief executive of green energy trade body Scottish Renewables welcomed the move and said that with the right support wave and tidal power could meet 10% of Scotland's electricity needs by 2020.
BBC: NEWS | UK | Scotland | Edinburgh and East | Boost for marine power projects
The Carbon Trust believes that the cost of developing the technology can be considerably reduced over the next 10 years, which could see up to 1, 000 wave and tidal devices in the water by 2020.
Now companies pursuing wave and tidal energy, both of which require the installment of buoys and turbines in the ocean, are working to head off any concerns about the impact of such equipment on marine ecosystems.
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Earlier this year, areas in the Pentland Firth and around Orkney were leased to seven companies, which aim to generate enough electricity to supply 750, 000 homes by 2020 from a range of wave and tidal devices.
As a minister, I welcomed the chance to deliver the parliament's first cut in business rates, to introduce enterprise education for every child and to kick start new wave and tidal projects to release Scotland's potential to be the renewable energy powerhouse of Europe.
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