"This is a crucial milestone for us, it will be the first array of tidal stream turbines, " observed report co-author Professor AbuBakr Bahaj from the University of Southampton.

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Friends of the Earth Wales compiled a report backing the use of tidal lagoons in the area.

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While the report paints a positive future for tidal power, a critical element is money.

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Is there a difference between financial stock analyses and a news report about a matter of public significance such as the tidal wave?

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However, the SDC report concluded that it did not "consider that a large-scale tidal lagoon development in the Severn estuary would offer any environmental or economic advantage over a tidal barrage".

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The report said the UK government had failed to invest in clean coal technology and tidal power projects.

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Dounreay Site Restoration Limited's (DSRL) report draws on work commissioned in 1996 and 2003 that considered the threats posed by a tidal wave, either caused by an earthquake or an underwater rock slide.

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