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Should we invest more in renewable energy sources such as sea currents, tidal and solar energy?

Alliance Party Alliance supports the increased availability of renewable energy sources to decarbonise the energy supply, and support the Green New Deal, which would provide incentives to households to encourage low-carbon energy alternatives in the home. Source: Alliance Party Westminster Manifesto

Conservative 18th March 2015 - The Conservatives have announced plans to build a £1bn tidal lagoon in Swansea that will generate power for up to 120,000 for 120 years. Source: BBC News, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-31927779

Green Party The party aim to obtain around half the energy we use from renewable sources by 2020, as well as ensure that emissions from power generation are zero by 2030. The party support strong planning policies to support onshore wind, tidal, wave, solar and geothermal energy sources. Source: Green Party Manifesto

Labour We will unlock investment in clean energy by setting a firm 2030 decarbonisation target and giving the Green Investment Bank more powers. We will stick to ambitious, legally binding targets for carbon reduction including the decarbonisation of our electricity supply by 2030, and full implementation of carbon budgets and we'll make Britain a world leader in low carbon technology and green jobs, creating a million new high technology, green jobs by 2025.

Liberal Democrat The Liberal Democrats would treble renewable energy generation. They would 'increase research and development in four key low-carbon technologies where Britain could develop its leading position into a global green industry: tidal power, carbon capture and storage, energy storage and ultra-low emission vehicles.' Source: Liberal Democrat pre-2015 Manifesto

Plaid Cymru Wales must take full advantage of our renewable energy resources and support micro generation and other small-scale sustainable power generation schemes, including tidal, wave-power, on-shore and off-shore wind, hydro and biomass.

SNP Emergency steps to reduce the use of fossil fuels, alongside massively increased investment in sustainable energy including solar, biological and wind and wave power. Scotland is leading the world in offshore renewable technologies and the SNP will continue to support the rapid growth of this sector. The National Renewables Infrastructure Fund will help leverage private investment into Renewables, part of over £200 million of investment in Renewables.

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