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08 Jun 2015

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To see the Tidal lagoon Swansea Bay announcements go to http://www.tidallagoonswanseabay.com/ For the local take on this see the South Wales Evening news site: http://www.southwales-eveningpost.co.uk/Chinese-firm-line-300-million-Swansea-Bay-tidal/story-26627140-detail/story.html TLSB announcement on Rock Supply   Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay Plc has announced the appointment of China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) as its preferred bidder for a marine works package that […]

11 May 2015

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This blog and newsletter is a mine of information, and if you are interested in these issues you should sign up here http://www.neweconomics.org/page/s/sign-up-to-energy-crunch A section of the last mailing gives you a sense of the coverage We’ve previously reported on the transformative potential of solar power: this is now increasingly recognised by financial analysts. In […]

01 May 2015

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Main text:  The Swansea project and a number of related schemes will come under closer scrutiny post the election. The cost questions will need to be answered quickly if this project is not to come to a grinding halt. This make the deal over the cost of the new nuclear plant at Hinkley Point look […]

07 Apr 2015

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  The absence of leadership, political will, certainty and consistency to Tory energy policy emerge from a recent crop of articles. Political will is holding back renewables REA News: Senior parliamentarians from the four key political parties today agreed that political will, rather than money or technology, is holding back the UK’s renewable energy sector. […]

16 Mar 2015

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On this site, you’ll be able to keep up to date with our project to harness natural power from the rise of fall of the tides in the Severn Estuary. Our proposals are at an early stage. So far we’ve requested a Scoping Opinion for the project from the Planning Inspectorate and will continue to develop […]

24 Feb 2015

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From Thomas Cromwell to Sir Humphrey officials and advisors try their best. Their political masters, particularly in election years, can and do resist advice presented to them. Although this video comes from a clearly vested interest promoting solar pv, the evidence – quotes – they have accumulated shows how policy can be implemented even when […]

13 Jan 2015

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A Scottish wildlife charity has lodged a legal challenge against the consent granted to four major offshore wind farm projects. RSPB Scotland is challenging the developments in the Firth of Forth and Firth of Tay. Scottish ministers approved the Inch Cape, Neart na Gaoithe and Seagreen Alpha and Bravo projects in October. Industry body Scottish […]