"as evidenced by them not awarding any wave or tidal feed in...

"as evidenced by them not awarding any wave or tidal feed in tariffs (“CFDs”) in their most recent auction process"

The real reason is that they got offshore wind for less than coal and nuclear power at USD 7.5c/kWh, why pfaff around with anything else when you're getting those prices.

Note they also didn't award any solar CFDs even though it would have been even lower prices because it's considered "mature"

I had thought that wave could have found a niche between solarPV and batteries and solar thermal, but alas, solar thermal is still dropping and likely to be the go to overnight storage method and battery prices are dropping like a wedding DJ with a fistful of classic hits.

It appears all over for wave, the learning curve is too slow and too late.