Government targets say that by 2020 around 15 per cent of the UK’s energy must come from renewable sources. These include hydro, waves and tidal, biomass, wind, geothermal, solar photovoltaic and solar thermal power. In the North West the industry is made up of businesses which manufacture or supply components, products or services for the technologies involved.
The region has great potential for generating energy from renewable sources: Solway Firth and the Mersey are thought to be two of the best locations in the world for tidal power generation, while it is estimated the recently announced Irish Sea zone windfarm, off the coast of the North West, has the potential to produce up to 5GW – enough to power 2.5 million homes.
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