The government “does not see a strategic case at this time for public funding of a tidal scheme to generate energy in the Severn estuary”, says energy and climate minister Chris Huhne.
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has spent several years analysing its options for a range of tidal projects in the Severn estuary, which forms the mouth of the UK’s longest river, and is the second highest tidal range in the world.
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