South-West England will become the world's largest wave farm under government plans to create a new leading centre in wave and tidal technologies.
The Wave Hub project will see a giant national grid-connected socket built on the seabed off the coast of Cornwall in a pioneering energy project.
Announcing an investment of £9.5 million for the scheme, Business Secretary Lord Mandelson said it would create up to 1,800 new jobs.
The project will see infrastructure built including a sub-station building and an adjacent connection point to the distribution network.
From there, a cable will be taken through a duct beneath the sand dunes and then across the seabed to an eight square kilometre area within which the devices will be moored.
The European Regional Development Fund Convergence Programme also announced it would invest £20 million in Wave Hub, which will be commissioned next summer.
The first equipment orders for the project were placed this week.
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