How Governments Support Tidal Energy
- In the UK the government funds starting research and developments through. The country has a budget of £200 million euros, or 260,320,000. US dollars, spent on funding low carbon technologies. £20 million euros, or about 26 million US dollars, of those £200 million were spent on wave and tide power development.
- The Scottish government and organizations, like DECC (the branch of the UK government responsible for sustainable energy) have join studies on wave and tidal energy. Together the two countries support the capital (money) to fund the organization and support technological development.