Experts from across the UK met for the first time in Cardiff as part of the new Severn Estuary Commission to re-examine the potential for a world leading tidal energy scheme in the area. Alongside this, the commission will be publishing a new report from the consultants WSP explaining why there is now a case […]
The Environment Agency (EA) has removed a requirement for EDF to install an acoustic fish deterrent (AFD) into Hinkley Point C’s cooling system, which the company said could be dangerous to maintain. Environmental groups say millions of fish could be killed per year. The reactor cooling system tunnels will take in 132,000 litres of water per […]
The American space agency Nasa has launched a satellite that’s expected to transform our view of water on Earth. The Swot mission will map the precise height of rivers, reservoirs and lakes, and track ocean surface features at unprecedented scales. It should improve flood and drought forecasts, and help researchers better understand how the climate […]
An extract from the Institute of Fisheries Management (IFM) press release: Her Majesty’s Planning Inspectorate has rejected an appeal by the under-construction Hinkley C nuclear power plant in the Bristol Channel against the requirement for a state-of-the-art acoustic fish deterrent on its cooling water intake. EDF Energy is developing a new nuclear power […]