Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay

Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay
Location of Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay in Wales
Country Wales
Location Swansea Bay
Coordinates 51°35′52″N 3°54′23″W / 51.5977°N 3.9064°W / 51.5977; -3.9064Coordinates: 51°35′52″N 3°54′23″W / 51.5977°N 3.9064°W / 51.5977; -3.9064
Status Proposed
Commission date 2019
Owner(s) Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay Ltd.
Operator(s) Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay Ltd.
Tidal power station
Type Tidal lagoon
Power generation
Nameplate capacity 320 MW
Website
http://www.tidallagoonswanseabay.com/

Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay is a tidal lagoon power plant proposed to be constructed in Swansea Bay off the south coast of Wales, United Kingdom. Once constructed it would be the world's first tidal lagoon power plant.[1] It is planned to be the first of six tidal lagoon power plants to be constructed in the United Kingdom, and one of four planned to be built in Wales.[1] The tidal lagoon would have a capacity of 320 MW.[2]

The project was named as part of the UK government's 2014 National Infrastructure Plan[3] and was granted planning permission by the Department for Energy and Climate Change in June 2015.[1] Power production is expected to begin in 2019. The operational life time of the artificial lagoon is 120 years, effects of global warming have been included in the planning. It is also to be constructed to withstand 500-year-storms and to function as a coastline protection against storms and floods.[4]


References

  1. 1 2 3 Elsevier Ltd, The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford, OX5 1GB, United Kingdom. "Green light for world's first tidal lagoon". renewableenergyfocus.com. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "Proposal overview & vision". tidallagoonswanseabay.com. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "Swansea Bay tidal lagoon given UK government boost". BBC News. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  4. ↑ Shaun Waters, George Aggidis: A World First: Swansea Bay Tidal lagoon in review. In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 56, (2016), 916–921, doi:10.1016/j.rser.2015.12.011.

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