Marine Renewables Deployment Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer of 4 February 2009, Official Report, column 1379W, on Marine Renewables Deployment Fund, which projects are being supported by the Marine Renewable Deployment Fund; and how much the Fund has provided for each such project in each year since the Fund was established. (257672)

A breakdown of funds provided and in each financial year for the six research related projects and one infrastructure project supported by the Marine Renewables Deployment Fund since the Fund was established is given as follows:

*Financial year (£)*
Contractor	Description	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	Total
Edinburgh University	Wave energy device performance assessment protocol	25,000	—	—	25,000

Edinburgh University	Tidal current device performance assessment protocol	22,000	—	—	22,000

EMEC Ltd.	Draft performance measurement standard for tidal stream devices	—	24,000	10,000	34,000
EMEC Ltd.	Rewrite of wave performance testing standard	—	—	11,000	11,000

EMEC Infrastructure	EMEC wave facility	197,000	—	—	197,000

EMEC Infrastructure	EMEC tidal facility (incl. extension)	634,000	300,000	—	934,000

Sustainable Development Commission	SDC Tidal Study	—	132,000	—	132,000

Hartley Anderson Ltd.	W&T environmental research	—	235,000	725,000	960,000

Total		878,000	691,000	747,000	2,315,000

Volume 488: debated on Tuesday 3 March 2009