Crown Estate helps Welsh tidal project limit environmental impact

Firm, which manages the Queen's assets, provides £1.2m to allow tidal projects to safeguard biodiversity

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RSPB reserve on Anglesey, Wales. Credit: The Crown Estate
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RSPB reserve on Anglesey, Wales. Credit: The Crown Estate

Efforts to minimise the impact of marine energy projects on habitats took a major step forward this week, after a pioneering Welsh project secured more than a million pounds of funding from The Crown Estate...

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