Britain will put "rocket boosters" behind developing tide and wave energy under a future Conservative government, David Cameron is to promise tomorrow. He will also undertake to force a debate in the House of Commons to get the Government to explain "why so little has been done for so long" to exploit the energy pounding the country's shores.

The Tory leader's commitment to Britain's new form of sea power promises to finally bring it in from the cold, after more than three decades of being ignored by the main political parties. His speech, in London, almost immediately follows the connection of Britain's first ever tidal turbine to the grid. ... Read full article