Steering group is ‘coming our way’

Monday 16th June 2008, 2:29PM BST.

GUERNSEY ELECTRICITY remains upbeat about tidal power contributing to the island’s supply.

That is despite the Energy Policy Steering Group advising the States in its policy report that it should not at this stage invest directly in large-scale renewable energy projects.

Instead the group has told the States to form a commission to examine renewable electricity generation options locally. But GE engineering director Steve Morris (pictured) said the company was relaxed about that because it saw the proposed commission as progress on the States’ part.

‘When we first spoke to the steering group, they weren’t even sure if they wanted the island to go down the route of producing its own renewable energy. So we have gone from that stage to one where they want to look at how the island could have its own renewable energy supply.’