The Marine Energy Accelerator (MEA) program started by UK Carbon Trust in November 2008, aims to accelerate progress in cost reduction of marine energy (wave and tidal stream energy) technologies, to bring forward the time when marine energy becomes cost-competitive so that significant carbon emissions reductions are achieved.
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http://www.carbontrust.co.uk/technology/technologyaccelerator/mea.htm