ORJIP Ocean Energy was recently involved in the Wave & Tidal Demonstration Zone Consenting Workshop in Cardiff alongside The Crown Estate, Welsh Government, NRW, Marine Scotland, MMO, SNH and demo zone managers. Joseph Kidd was invited to the workshop by The Crown Estate in his role as Secretariat of the ORJIP Ocean Energy and explored how the programme can support the consenting of the demo zones as well the demo zones being used as a focus for some ORJIP’s environmental research.