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Scuppering the waves: How they tried to repel clean energy

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This paper is a study of the measures used by what the author calls “the energy establishment” in the UK to hinder the development of wave energy, from the time of the invention in the mid-70s of several devices designed to convert sea waves into electricity and turn it into a central resource for the nation and for other countries. The paper links the hostility of the Department of Energy (now incorporated in the Department of Trade and Industry) and its satellite bodies to the British Government's plan to construct ten pressurised water reactors and give a major role to nuclear power, plus the influence of the oil and gas lobbies. The author exposes in detail the obstacles created and the excuses used by the Government machine and its supporters. Copyright , Beech Tree Publishing.

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  • David Ross, 2002. "Scuppering the waves: How they tried to repel clean energy," Science and Public Policy, Oxford University Press, vol. 29(1), pages 25-35, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:scippl:v:29:y:2002:i:1:p:25-35
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