Analysis - Pros and Cons - Severn Barrage - linked with The Severn Lake Hydro Electric Scheme

Analysis – Pros and Cons

REFERENCES. THE PROS AND CONS OF TIDAL RANGE ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION

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1849                    Thomas Fulljames design for barrage across the River Severn (Newport Museum)

Jan. 2002             The Severn Barrage – definition study for a new appraisal of the project. Etsu Report number T/09/00212/00/rep.
Contractor Sir Robert McAlpine Ltd on behalf of the Severn Tidal Power Group.

30.09.2004          Severn Barrage, UK-Environmental Reappraisal. The authors R. Kirby Phd. C Geol. & T.L.Shaw FICE,FIWEM
“ A supportive conclusion for flora & fauna”.

01.03.2006 Planning applications by GG Woodham to Vale of Glamorgan Council and Sedgemoor Council (referred to the DTi.)
The Severn Lake Tidal Range Lake Causeway with free-flow shipping channel, wave farm and 12 private islands.

July 2006 The Energy Challenge. Energy review report 2006 Dept. Trade & Industry.

Oct. 2007 ‘Turning the Tide’. Tidal power in the UK. Author, Sustainable Development Commission.

May 2008 Parsons Brinkerhoff. Strategic Environmental Assessment of proposals for Tidal Power Development in the Severn Estuary.

26.01.2009 Severn Tidal Power phase 1 consultation. Dept Energy & Climate Change Severn Tidal Power Team, 1 Victoria Street, London

Oct. 2010 Parsons Brinkerhoff Feasibility Study for the Severn Barrage.

Feb. 2011 Severn Estuary: Ideas for Development Author Prof. Alexander Gokhman. International Water, Power and Dam Construction. Volume 63 no. 02 February 2011.

Dec. 2012 Energy & Climate Change Committee. Written evidence submitted by Hafren Power (SEV70)

Jan. 2013 Energy & Climate Change Committee. Written evidence submitted by the Severn Lake Co. (SEV82)

6.12.2016 Charles Hendry Review.

04.06.2020 Open letter BEIS to GGW with para 3 ‘we do not, however, rule out a privately funded scheme coming forward’.

10.01.2024 Tidal Range Energy Generation Hansard.

March 2025 Severn Estuary Commission Report, Western Gateway.

1st March 2026 www.severnlake.co.uk

REFERENCES. FOR THE PROS AND CONS OF NUCLEAR ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION

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1993 Paris Sir James Goldsmith ‘The Trap’. ISBN0333 64224-4

1994 UK Contents. 6. Nuclear Energy ‘The Big Lie’