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Severn Trent down as bid date passes
2013-06-12 11:46:52| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Shares in UK water company Severn Trent fall as the deadline passed for a possible takeover bid by a Canadian-led consortium.
UK MPs reject Hafren Power's 25bn Severn tidal barrage proposal
2013-06-11 10:00:00| Power Technology
UK MPs have rejected Hafren Power's proposal to construct a 25bn tidal barrage across the Severn Estuary due to environmental and economic uncertainties.
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'No case for 25bn Severn Barrage'
2013-06-10 09:37:30| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Plans for a 25bn barrage in the Severn Estuary should not go ahead in their current form, a committee of MPs says.
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Severn Trent bidder set to walk away
2013-06-10 08:55:11| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The consortium that had a third bid rejected for the water supplier Severn Trent will walk away unless the water supplier engages in takeover talks.
United Kingdom: Case for Severn barrage 'unproven'
2013-06-10 08:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: The latest plan to build a barrage across the Severn to generate electricity has been severely criticised by a committee of MPs. Hafren Power had outlined a 25bn tidal scheme to generate up to 5% of the UK's electricity needs. But the House of Commons Energy and Climate Change Committee said it could not recommend the plan. It said that on both economic and environmental grounds the case remained unproven. In 2010, the then Energy Secretary Chris Huhne pulled the plug on public efforts...
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