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The presentation will review the current opportunities for developing marine renewable energy particularly around the Welsh coast and the south-west of England.

The various key alternative and complementary options will be reviewed including tidal stream turbines, impoundments and barrages. In particular, emphasis will focus on assessing the potential hydro-environmental impact of the various schemes on the hydrodynamics and water quality in the Severn Estuary, Bristol Channel and the North Wales coast.

An outline will be given of recent research undertaken at Cardiff University on changes in the hydrodynamic and water quality processes for some of the schemes, together with a new design for the Severn barrage, which addresses many of the key hydro-environmental concerns highlighted in the past.

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