Severn barrage faces economic hurdle
Posted: 01 Jul 2010, 04:38
The Ecologist - 30/06/10
The coalition Government's silence on the Severn tidal barrage may be a reflection of the high economic costs rather than the environmental concerns surrounding the project
The idea of building a barrage across the River Severn to generate electricity goes back at least to 1925, when an investigation concluded that, although technically possible, the project was too expensive to be viable. It seems little has changed.
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