As the climate change conference continues in The Hague, it is perhaps fitting that the world's first commercial wave power station is going into action in Scotland.
The power station, on the island of Islay, is the product of years of research into how to effectively harvest energy from the world's oceans.
The UK was one of the world's leaders in developing wave power until a series of setbacks coupled with a lack of funding scuppered promising projects following initial enthusiasm in the late 1970s.
But supporters of the wave power project believe that with climate change in the headlines, the timing could not be better.