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Japan's plans to create a home-grown tidal industry seem to be gathering pace, with officials looking to the European Marine Energy Centre for advice.Nagasaki appears to leading Japan's charge into the tidal industry with plans for a test site loosely modelled on the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC).
The site will be one of a number dedicated to the development of marine renewable energy sources including tidal, wave, floating offshore wind and ocean thermal energy conversion.
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In 2012 EMEC signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ocean Energy Association of Japan (OEAJ), with the potential for EMEC to provide advice and support on the design, set up and operation of the Japanese Marine Energy Centre (JMEC).
