Ed Miliband's visit to the Severn Estuary, 23 July 2009
The huge 14-metre tidal range of the Severn Estuary is one of the highest in the world. It represents a renewable, predictable resource with the potential (through a tidal power scheme) to generate up to 5 percent of the UK's electricity needs, and so make an important contribution to our renewable target and wider climate change and energy goals. However, much more work is needed to assess the pros and cons of a Severn tidal power scheme before we can make a decision on whether to go ahead with a scheme and if so, which scheme and on what terms.
We are doing this work through our Severn Tidal Power feasibility study. The study is expected to run until sometime in 2010, at which point there will be a second public consultation before decisions are taken. The decision on whether or not to support a Severn tidal power scheme will be taken in the context of our wider climate and energy goals and the alternative options for meeting these goals – and will be a question of relative costs, benefits and impacts of a Severn tidal power scheme, as compared to other options.
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News
29 October 2009
- Lord Hunt (Minister of State for Energy), Jane Davidson (Minister for the Environment, Sustainability and Housing, Welsh Assembly Government) and Jim Knight (Minister for the South West) were in Cardiff to meet with regional stakeholders. As part of that visit Lord Hunt also visited Lavernock Point (proposed landfall site of the Cardiff-Weston barrage) and Bristol Port.
14 October 2009
- Lord Hunt gives evidence on Severn Tidal Power to the Energy and Climate Change Select Committee
18 October 2009
Information in Welsh
Information in Welsh is available from the Welsh Assembly Government: Severn Tidal Power web pages.
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Cewch wybodaeth yn Gymraeg drwy fynd i dudalennau Ynni'r Llanw ar Afon Hafren ar wefan Llywodraeth Cynulliad Cymru yn www.cymru.gov.uk/llanwarafonhafren