Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 54503

Severn Estuary: Tidal Power

Tabled: 22 May 2025
Answered: 6 June 2025

Question

Rachel Gilmour

Liberal DemocratTiverton and Minehead

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if his Department will make an assessment of the viability of tidal range power projects in the Severn Estuary.

Answer

Michael Shanks
The National Energy System Operator (NESO) has launched a research innovation project to model the impacts and value of tidal range, we are expecting the report from this work soon and will consider its findings alongside the recently published Severn Est...

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