SWANSEA EAST AM BACKS MOVES TO
RESURRECT SWANSEA BAY TIDAL LAGOON PROJECT
Speaking from his Swansea East
Office, Mike Hedges AM said … ‘ I have been a big supporter of the tidal lagoon
and it would be a significant moment if the planning consent is allowed to
lapse. It would be a significant complication to the project if they have to go
back and apply for planning permission from scratch. I hope that they are
successful in their endeavours for the project remains a huge opportunity to be
in at the start of a new era for green power generation. Any new technology is
going to be more expensive at the start of life, yet the benefit for the local
and national economy would far outweigh any concerns re the costs.
I will continue to speak up at every
opportunity that the Tidal Lagoon should go ahead.’
The company behind the stalled
Swansea Bay tidal lagoon is making a last-ditch attempt to resurrect the
project.
Plans for what would be the world's
first tidal power lagoon were thrown out by
the UK government
last year.
Tidal Power plc's chief executive
Mark Shorrock said the five-year planning consent awarded by the government in
2015 expires in June 2020 "unless material works have commenced".
He said the company was trying to
raise £1.2m to start work on land.
The company will not be able to start
work in the sea because it has not got a marine licence from Natural Resources
Wales (NRW).
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