HRH Prince Charles enthused about Pembrokeshire’s possibilities for the marine renewable sector

HRH Prince Charles has recently shown huge interest in local group Marine Energy Pembrokeshire (MEP) whilst visiting the area for a two day event aimed at sustainability. MEP is a local public/private partnership collaborating to establish Pembrokeshire as a centre of excellence in Wales for the development and exploitation of marine generated energy.  MEP was demonstrating how sustainability could be achieved as a direct result of the development of Marine Energy related projects in Pembrokeshire. Information made available at the exhibition included details of projects looking to establish off the county’s shores, including Wave Dragon’s wave energy converter, the tidal stream turbines being developed by Tidal Energy Ltd and eon/Lunar Energy, Far Offshore Renewables’ floating wind turbine and the wave energy parks being investigated by Marine Energy Ltd.The event, held in the Botanical Gardens on September 7th, is part of the Project Start initiative. Project Start was first announced by The Prince of Wales in February with a speech at the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester. Here he outlined the origins of the project, by reflecting on the role of his great great grandfather, Prince ...