Ten sites on the seabed off the north coast of Scotland have been leased out to power companies in an effort to generate wave and tidal energy.
In the first project of its kind in the world, areas in the Pentland Firth and around Orkney have been leased to seven companies by the Crown Estate.
The companies are to push forward plans to generate enough electricity to supply 750,000 homes by 2020.
Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond said it was a "major milestone".
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