Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 87154

Tidal Power: Finance

Tabled: 31 October 2025
Answered: 10 November 2025

Question

Tracy Gilbert

LabourEdinburgh North and Leith

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

Michael Shanks
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...

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