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Lead Administrations - United Kingdom and Scotland

The Scottish Government led Marine Renewables workstream held its inaugural meeting in June 2009 where Member Administrations explored their marine renewable strategies and priorities.

The group agreed that the initial focus would be on sharing updates on experience and policy development in the areas of Marine Spatial Planning and related legislation, the development/establishment of test facilities and issues relating to grid access, capacity and investment.

The group also intends to focus on raising the profile of marine renewables as an emerging viable renewable energy resource within the European Union.

The first meeting of the UK Government led electricity grid workstream was held in June 2009. Presentations were given by participants on the current challenges that electricity networks in the British Isles face in accommodating significant amounts of new renewable and other generation energy on the system to meet renewable energy targets and increase security of supply. Participants also set out current or planned projects and proposals to meet these challenges. This included proposals to significantly increase the capacity of the existing grid network through use of new technology and the building of new transmission lines. This discussion established a common understanding of the issues across the British Isles and it was widely acknowledged by the group that the challenges faced were common to all.