Severn tidal power shortlist finalised

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Government selects three barrage and two near-shore lagoon proposals

The government yesterday published a shortlist of five proposals for harnessing the tidal power of the Severn estuary, which it hopes could eventually supply up to five per cent of the UK's electricity...

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