The 320MW Swansea Bay project, which would generateenergy using an 11.5km2 walled coastal inlet inwhich incoming water is trapped and later released through turbines, would be the largest tidal power plant in the world,supplying power for over 120,000 homes.

“Until now, tidal energy has been heavily promoted bygovernments and environmentalists as an intuitive source of clean and reliableenergy for our island nation, but the business response has focused onrelatively small-scale tidal stream devices,” says TLP chief executive MarkShorrock.

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