Off the coast of Oregon, Ocean Power Technologies has received approval to begin workonthe first commercial wave farm in the US. The project is expected to produce enough clean energy to power more than 1, 000 homes.
The Wildlife Trusts, the national co-ordinating body for the 46 county trusts, has called for a four-tier scheme of support "which would pay farmers to help wildlife, with a scale of awards to reflect the amount of environmental work undertaken on each farm".