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Public meetings will gauge support for Severn Barrage
(http://www.nce.co.uk/5204902.article)
9 July, 2009 By Jo Stimpson
A proposed tidal barrage across the Severn Estuary will be debated next year at a series of public meetings in South Wales, designed to gauge public support for the idea.
Ministers wishing to harness the energy-generating power of the second highest tidal range in the world are considering a shortlist of five projects.
A barrage could meet as much as 5% of the UK’s energy needs, but conservationists fear wetland habitats and local biodiversity will be compromised.
New Energy Minister David Kidney said “a hand-picked audience, including members of the public” would be invited to the meetings.
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海外のエネルギー関係の記事を見ていると、それなりの割合で海洋エネルギーに関する記事が混じっています。
英国のエネルギー需要の5%を賄えるということですから、これだけとってもCO2排出量の大幅削減にはなりそうです。生物多様性をはじめとする環境保護論とどのように折り合いをつけていくのか今後の動向に注目です。
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