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Tidal Lagoons and UK Energy Strategy 3
DEBATE PACK Number CDP 2016/0236, Debate day: 6 December 2016 Tidal lagoons and UK By David Hough Jeanne Delebarre energy strategy Contents This Debate pack has been prepared for the debate on the Tidal lagoons and 1. Summary 2 UK energy strategy to take place in Westminster Hall on Tuesday 6 December 1.1 The technology behind 2016 at 2:30pm. The subject for debate has been chosen by Stephen Crabb, MP tidal lagoons 2 How does a tidal lagoon for Preseli Pembrokeshire. work? 2 1.2 The potential for tidal lagoon energy in the UK 3 The Swansea Tidal Lagoon project 3 Potential benefits 3 Financial challenges 4 Political concerns 5 2. Press articles 7 3. Press releases 9 4. Parliamentary materials 16 5. Further Reading and Useful links 22 The House of Commons Library prepares a briefing in hard copy and/or online for most non-legislative debates in the Chamber and Westminster Hall other than half-hour debates. Debate Packs are produced quickly after the announcement of parliamentary business. They are intended to provide a summary or overview of the issue being debated and identify relevant briefings and useful documents, including press and parliamentary material. More detailed briefing can be prepared for Members on request to the Library. www.parliament.uk/commons-library | intranet.parliament.uk/commons-library | [email protected] | @commonslibrary 2 Number CDP 2016/0236, Debate day: 6 December 2016 1. Summary This debate pack is about tidal lagoon energy which is a type of tidal range technology and is different from tidal stream energy. -
The Role of Tidal Lagoons
THE ROLE OF TIDAL LAGOONS FINAL REPORT CHARLES HENDRY DECEMBER 2016 Contents Foreword ............................................................................................................................... 1 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................... 5 PART ONE ......................................................................................................................... 10 2. What are Tidal Lagoons? ............................................................................................ 10 2.1. Technology Overview ........................................................................................... 10 2.2. Characteristics of sites suitable for tidal lagoons ................................................... 11 2.3. History of Tidal Power ........................................................................................... 13 2.4. The opportunity in the UK ..................................................................................... 15 2.5. Tidal lagoon projects under development in the UK .............................................. 17 2.6. Other Tidal Range Projects in the UK ................................................................... 19 3. What role might Tidal lagoons play? ............................................................................ 21 3.1 Energy Policy ........................................................................................................ 21 3.2. Security of -
TLP Tidal Lagoon Programme: Summary Value for Money Assessment
& Department for Business, Energy & lndustrial Strategy TLP Tidal Lagoon Programme: Summary value for money assessment Summary This note sets out the assessment of the value for money (VfM) of Tidal Lagoon Power's (TLP) proposed programme of tidal lagoons. The assessment has considered the value for money benefits from an electricity system perspective as well as the wider economic benefits such as the value of jobs and export potential. An assessment of whether any proposed lagoon offers a fair return without over-compensation has not been assessed as no contract or agreement has been negotiated. Overall, the value for money assessment demonstrates that the costs to consumers of reducing the emissions associated with the electricity system would be higher under scenarios where the programme of tidal lagoons is delivered compared to one where other low carbon alternatives are deployed. This analysis has considered the impact on the UK Exchequer as a whole, as required under HM Treasury guidance. Consequently, consideration of any direct contribution from UK public funds would not fundamentally change the overall value for money conclusion. Programme TLP has proposed a programme of six tidal lagoons which, taken together, would generate c.30 TWh annually and cost in excess of Ê50 billion to build, with the final lagoon assumed to begin generating in 2052. A pathfinder project, Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon, has estimated construction costs of c.Ê1.3 billion and would generate 0.52 TWh annually, c.0.15 percent of today's demand. By way of context, the construction of Hinkley Point C is estimated to cost c.î20 billion to generate 26 TWh annually, c.7 percent of today's demand. -
The Social Amplification of Benefit: Risk, Identity and Renewable Energy
The Social Amplification of Benefit: Risk, Identity and Renewable Energy By Andrew James Roberts i Summary Climate change and its impacts present an urgent need for transitions towards more low-carbon systems. Part of this transition entails changes in how we generate energy for our consumption, with renewable sources offering a potential solution. Within Wales and the UK, Government targets for the amount consumed and produced from low-carbon sources inevitably means the further deployment of renewables infrastructure. However, the deployment of this technology is not without controversy. Opposition to renewable energy projects have been characterised as deviant and an obstacle to overcome (Aitken, 2010); with theorisations producing narrow understandings such as the Not-In- My-Backyard (NIMBY) paradigm (Burningham, 2000; Wolsink, 2007). However, more nuanced understandings are required of local opposition which account for how individuals attribute value and meaningfully connect with the world around them (Bell et al, 2013). There is a need to pay particular attention to the ‘hidden losses’ (Witter and Satterfield, 2014) which are difficult to articulate, yet remain important to the individual. A promising lens through which to analyse these contestations is the concepts of risk and identity, particularly relational perspectives which give due consideration to social context (Boholm and Corvallec, 2011; Andersen and Chen, 2002). Similarly, the Social Amplification of Risk Framework (Kasperson et al, 1988; Pidgeon et al, 2003) presents a useful frame through which to understand this social context and how highly unique and personalised “discussion-scapes” surrounding individual projects can be built by individuals as active agents (Horlick-Jones et al, 2003) and how proposed ‘benefit packages’ (Walker et al, 2010) are understood.