Meeting of the Parliament 26 February 2026 [Draft]
As I said, we have put £70 million into Wave Energy Scotland since 2014. The obligations to other companies that it has put in place as a result of the grant funding that we have given it are a matter for WES.
On Sarah Boyack’s main point, which was about those who work for Wave Energy Scotland, that is why I am working with it and why we are funding it for the next year. There are other funders out there, including Great British Energy, which I have written to, because it is supposed to support nascent technologies, too. I am helping and reaching out to other funders. I am also looking at other ways in which WES can be supported in kind in the future to allow it to have more diverse funding. However, as Sarah Boyack will appreciate, the Scottish Government has faced a very difficult fiscal landscape this year.