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United Kingdom: Why Wales needs both a Severn barrage and tidal lagoons
2014-04-20 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Wales Online: A combination of tidal lagoons on Wales' north coast and a barrage in the Severn could provide round the clock generating capacity, Roger Falconer writes In recent months Wales has experienced some of the worst winter storms in recent years, with some of the most extreme coastal erosion and flooding occurring since records began. Various other parts of the UK, such as the Somerset Levels and the Severn Estuary, also experienced unprecedented flooding of properties and agricultural land, primarily...
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OpenHydro, Alderney Renewable Energy form joint venture for European tidal array
2014-04-15 01:00:00| Power Technology
OpenHydro, a tidal technology company, has signed an agreement with UK-based Alderney Renewable Energy to form a joint venture, named Race Tidal, for developing a 300MW tidal array in Alderney waters.
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Tidal giants - the worlds five biggest tidal power plants
2014-04-11 01:00:00| Power Technology
The Swansea Bay tidal lagoon project in the UK and the MeyGen tidal array project in Scotland stand out among the few large-scale tidal power projects currently under development. Power-technology.com lists five of the worlds biggest tidal power pla
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Siemens and Bluewater to develop floating tidal current turbine in Canada
2014-04-01 01:00:00| Power Technology
Siemens-owned Marine Current Turbines (MCT) and Bluewater Energy Services (Bluewater) have partnered to develop a 2MW floating tidal current turbine.
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Tidal lagoon power 'cheaper than wind'
2014-03-21 01:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Three tidal lagoons could be in operation around Britain by 2021 producing large-scale low carbon power at a cheaper price than offshore wind, according to their developer, Tidal Lagoon Power. The company said a report commissioned from management consultant, Pöyry confirmed the lagoons, starting with one at Swansea Bay in south Wales, could produce power for about 100 per megawatt hour (MWh). "This study clearly demonstrates that tidal lagoons can rapidly become one of the cheapest sources...
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