Severn's renewable energy capacity could be larger without a barrage

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Combined approach using a range of green technologies could provide 14GW of capacity, report says

The Bristol Channel could provide as much as 14GW of low carbon energy capacity without resorting to a large scale tidal barrage across the Severn Estuary, a report will claim today. A series of lower...

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