Current status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 10 November 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding has been drawn down by successful applicants for Wave and Tidal Energy: Research, Development and Demonstration Support, and how many jobs it supports.
The projects that have secured funding through the Wave and Tidal Energy: Research, Development and Demonstration Support (WATERS) programme have to date drawn down £795,000.
The data collected as part of the project assessment process highlighted that the successful bids would support 261 jobs relating to research, development and commercialisation activities.