 The centre studies wave and tidal power |
Efforts to create what has been described as a "world-leading" centre of marine renewable energy have secured a �1m funding package. UHI Millennium Institute and Heriot-Watt University are project partners in the Environmental Research Institute (ERI) in Thurso.
They hope the Scottish Funding Council's contribution will advance work already going on there.
The centre studies the capabilities of wave and tidal power technologies.
'Dynamic conditions'
The package will fund four new research appointments.
ERI director Dr Stuart Gibb said: "The Scottish Executive wants 40% of Scotland's electricity to be generated from renewable resources by 2020.
"It is widely acknowledged that marine energy may hold the key to achieving these targets and the dynamic conditions of the Pentland Firth presents unrivalled opportunities for research and development."
One-Minute World News 
News services
E-mail this to a friend 
Printable version 
Highlands & Islands
