Severn Estuary Tidal Lagoon Page
Recent News
With the recent rapid turn of events regarding tidal lagoons in the Severn Estuary, does this finally spell the end for the Severn Barrage?
- Guptas show faith in UK steel (Independent Online, 2nd February 2016)
- Deal for stake in company Tidal Lagoon Power signed (BBC News, 1st February 2016)
- Swansea Bay tidal lagoon strike price will be £96.50, report says (Wales Online, 1st February 2016)
- Tidal lagoon developer gets £10m sum from Caparo rescuers the Gupta family amid plans for lagoons in India (Wales Online, 1st February 2016)
- Tidal lagoon technology gets multimillion-pound boost (The Guardian, 1st February 2016)
- Tidal Lagoon eyes expansion as political will ebbs(Financial Times Online, 31st January 2016)
- Big drop in Swansea Bay tidal lagoon subsidy cost makes project a 'no-brainer' says Sir Terry Matthews (Wales Online, 26th January 2016)
- Swansea Bay tidal lagoon 'viable with longer lifespan' (BBC News, 26th January 2016)
- MP urges government to press ahead with Swansea Tidal Lagoon and to build it with Port Talbot steel (South Wales Evening Post, 23rd January 2016)
- Tidal Power to the Rescue for Tata Steelworkers in South Wales (Bloomberg, 22nd January 2016)
- 'Mad’ Swansea tidal lagoon scheme heading for the rocks (The Telegraph, 18th January 2016)
- Swansea Bay tidal lagoon: 'Big call' needed on project (BBC News, 18th January 2016)
- 'Intelligent guesses' have been made about Swansea tidal lagoon turbine efficiency, engineer claims (South Wales Evening Post, 15th January 2016)
- Swansea tidal lagoon: Prof Roger Falconer wants improvements (BBC News, 15th January 2016)
- Swansea Tidal Lagoon: Questions raised over engineering (BBC News, 15th January 2016)
- David Cameron told to 'stop playing games' over Swansea Bay tidal lagoon (Wales Online, 14th January 2016)
- Is David Cameron really backing away from support for Swansea Bay tidal lagoon? (Wales Online, 13th January 2016)
- Sustainable Severn Forum 2015 (Sustainable Severn, 9th December 2015)
- £1bn tidal lagoon 'desperately needed', Edwina Hart says (BBC News, 15th October 2015)
- David Cameron is 'totally behind' Swansea Bay tidal lagoon, says Gower MP Byron Davies (South Wales Evening Post, 6th October 2015)
Websites, Conferences and Press Releases
-
Proposed Tidal Lagoon Development, Cardiff, South Wales, Environmental Impact Assessment Scoping Report (Tidal Lagoon Power, 2nd March 2015)
- RenewableUK celebrates green light for world's first tidal lagoon (Renewable UK, 9th June 2015)
- Press release: Tidal lagoon power plans welcomed (Friends of the Earth Cymru, 2nd March 2015)
- Sustainable Severn Conference (April 2013)
Note: It is not the intention of the Severn Estuary Partnership to take any position regarding the debate about tidal power in the estuary, merely to provide a resource on the subject. About us. The different groups on the estuary and their various websites are easily viewed from the Severn Estuary Gateway.
