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Tidal Power: Finance

Commons · Question 87154 · Tabled 31 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record

Answered 10 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Tracy Gilbert

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what his Department’s policy is for tidal stream in the upcoming Contracts for Difference allocation round.

Answer

Answered by Michael Shanks, 10 Nov 2025

Six new tidal stream projects secured contracts in Allocation Round 6 (AR6) of the Contracts for Difference Scheme. The UK is now on track to have 130MW of tidal stream deployed by 2029. The parameters for Allocation Round 7 (AR7) were published in July a...