Renewable Energy Hydropower News Archive 1

21 April 2006 - Backing for Severn Barrage power Senior politicians in Wales and Westminster say a £15bn plan to build a barrage across the Severn Estuary could help solve the growing energy crisis.
BBC News Wales / South West
11 April 2006 - Severn Barrage concern The barrage idea between Wales and England across the Severn estuary could cause irreversible environmental damage. There are cheaper and environmentally better options.
BBC News Wales
11 March 2006 - Magnet driven wave power Ed Spooner of Crook, County Durham, is researching how a buoy filled with strategically placed magnets can produce power. This could help the tidal power industry become competitive with other power industries.
New Scientist
24 February 2006 - Work underway on hydro station Construction has begun of the first large-scale hydro power scheme in Scotland for almost half a century.
BBC News Scotland
3 February 2006 - Plan for tidal lagoon Rhyl, in North Wales, could host a tidal lagoon that will fill with the tide and, as the water is released, create energy.
BBC News Wales
29 January 2006 - Alderney Renewable Energy wins contract First stage, a five year contract, starts to research and develop tidal energy from Guernsey. It is said the sea here could offer a third of the UK's power.
BBC News Guernsey
24 January 2006 - Sea energy could 'help power UK' Wave and tidal power can provide a fifth of the UK's electricity needs, according to a new report.
BBC News
15 December 2005 - Wave power plan for Welsh coast Plans to build a wave power station off Pembrokeshire have been unveiled.
BBC News Wales
5 December 2005 - Tidal energy for The Dart Flooding that has been eroding the banks of the River Dart and threatening salt marshes could now be turned to better use through tidal energy.
BBC News Devon
2 November 2005 - Plan for barrage power generation Schemes to use the Tees Barrage to generate electricity in environmentally friendly ways are being investigated.
BBC News Tees

2 October 2005 - Bobbing corks 'could give power' A study based on the energy provided by a cork bobbing on the water could lead to wave power outperforming wind farms, scientists say.
BBC News
7 September 2005 - Tide turns to new power sources New measures to encourage electricity suppliers to use wave and tidal power have been unveiled by the Scottish Executive.
BBC News Scotland
28 July 2005 - Hydro power station approved Plans for a new £140m hydro-electric power station in the Highlands able to generate enough energy for 37,000 homes have been given the go-ahead.
BBC News Scotland
19 May 2005 - Wave energy contract goes abroad A company which has won a major contract in Portugal has warned that Scotland is falling behind in the wave energy sector.
BBC News Scotland
4 April 2005 - Wave heights raise energy hopes Ten metre high waves have been recorded off the north Cornwall coast by scientists monitoring the potential of renewable energy.
BBC News Cornwall
6 December 2004 - Could a third of UK's energy be supplied by Guernsey's seas? Professor Peter Smith of Nottingham University thinks so.
BBC News Guernsey
8 September 2004 - UK 'green energy' centre created A new national marine renewable energy centre is to help lay the foundations for an industry based on wave and tidal movements.
BBC News Tyneside
29 July 2004 - City's sea energy power plan Sea power may be harnessed to generate enough renewable electricity to power the UK's smallest city.
BBC News Wales
16 June 2003 - World's first tidal turbine launched off Devon coast These under water turbines work on the same principle as windmills and are a testbed for future turbines around the cost of Britain.
BBC News Devon
2 November 2002 - John Reynolds studies glacial lakes As the glaciers melt the water rises, at breaking point they can cause disaster in the valleys below. He has already saved 25,000 people in Peru - twice. The good news is that these lakes could be used to supply power.
New Scientist

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