1146150Updated by FeedsNodeProcessor11004220data_sourceund144611397915507868770015507868770<p>SCOTTISH MARINE AND FRESHWATER SCIENCE VOLUME 1 NO 18</p> <p>The Saltire prize of £10 million, announced on the 23 March 2010, will be awarded by<br /> Scottish Government to the team that can demonstrate a commercially viable wave or tidal<br /> stream energy technology that achieves the greatest volume of electrical output of at least<br /> 100 GWh over a continuous 2 year period before 2017. All wave and tidal stream energy<br /> developments, including those in The Crown Estate's (TCE) first leasing round in the<br /> Pentland Firth and Orkney waters, will be eligible to compete for the prize, under the<br /> condition that they are in a site in Scottish waters leased by TCE.<br /> In the spirit of encouraging rapid development of wave and tidal energy, and to give<br /> opportunities for other projects to compete for the Saltire Prize, TCE and the Scottish<br /> Government are working in partnership to prepare plans for a further Scottish leasing round<br /> for wave and tidal projects. This leasing round is entirely separate and in addition to the<br /> leasing in the Pentland Firth and Orkney waters. A scoping paper on the proposed<br /> geographic areas to be leased for the Further Scottish Leasing Round was published and<br /> interested parties were invited to comment.<br /> Subsequently and partly in response to comments received on the Scoping Study, Marine<br /> Scotland has undertaken further analysis of the proposed areas. The results of this work are<br /> described in this report and collectively known as Regional Locational Guidance (RLG). The<br /> RLG is provided primarily to assist developers interested in competing for the Saltire Prize to<br /> identify and develop projects rapidly, but may also be of interest to planners and regulators.<br /> The RLG collates and presents a range of information relevant to the development process<br /> and based on this, Marine Scotland’s appreciation of the physical characteristics and<br /> the relative degree of constraints in these areas. Developers are strongly encouraged to<br /> take the information in the RLG into account when selecting and pursuing site<br /> developments, since it may be material to the consents process. However, it is recognised<br /> that developers will also undertake their own site suitability and environmental impact<br /> assessment work.</p>

full_html<p>SCOTTISH MARINE AND FRESHWATER SCIENCE VOLUME 1 NO 18</p> <p>The Saltire prize of £10 million, announced on the 23 March 2010, will be awarded by<br /> Scottish Government to the team that can demonstrate a commercially viable wave or tidal<br /> stream energy technology that achieves the greatest volume of electrical output of at least<br /> 100 GWh over a continuous 2 year period before 2017. All wave and tidal stream energy<br /> developments, including those in The Crown Estate's (TCE) first leasing round in the<br /> Pentland Firth and Orkney waters, will be eligible to compete for the prize, under the<br /> condition that they are in a site in Scottish waters leased by TCE.<br /> In the spirit of encouraging rapid development of wave and tidal energy, and to give<br /> opportunities for other projects to compete for the Saltire Prize, TCE and the Scottish<br /> Government are working in partnership to prepare plans for a further Scottish leasing round<br /> for wave and tidal projects. This leasing round is entirely separate and in addition to the<br /> leasing in the Pentland Firth and Orkney waters. A scoping paper on the proposed<br /> geographic areas to be leased for the Further Scottish Leasing Round was published and<br /> interested parties were invited to comment.<br /> Subsequently and partly in response to comments received on the Scoping Study, Marine<br /> Scotland has undertaken further analysis of the proposed areas. The results of this work are<br /> described in this report and collectively known as Regional Locational Guidance (RLG). The<br /> RLG is provided primarily to assist developers interested in competing for the Saltire Prize to<br /> identify and develop projects rapidly, but may also be of interest to planners and regulators.<br /> The RLG collates and presents a range of information relevant to the development process<br /> and based on this, Marine Scotland’s appreciation of the physical characteristics and<br /> the relative degree of constraints in these areas. Developers are strongly encouraged to<br /> take the information in the RLG into account when selecting and pursuing site<br /> developments, since it may be material to the consents process. However, it is recognised<br /> that developers will also undertake their own site suitability and environmental impact<br /> assessment work.</p> 627https://data.marine.gov.scot/dataset/further-scottish-leasing-round-saltire-prize-projects-regional-locational-guidancedc:datedc:createdxsd:dateTimedate_iso8601dc:modifiedxsd:dateTimedate_iso8601content:encodedpropertysioc:has_creatorrelfoaf:namesioc:num_repliesxsd:integersioc:last_activity_datexsd:dateTimedate_iso8601https://marine.gov.scot/?q=data/further-scottish-leasing-round-saltire-prize-projects-regional-locational-guidance01045961146154220publishedpublished015507868771115507868771045961146154220publishedpublished015507868771115507868771045961146154220publishedpublished01550786877111550786877