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North West tidal barrages could provide 5 percent of UK's electricity
Description: Researchers examined ways to generate electricity from tidal sources of renewable energy in the Eastern Irish Sea. The study showed that four estuary barrages, across the Solway Firth, Morecambe Bay and the Mersey and Dee estuaries, could be capable of meeting approximately half of UK's northwest region's electricity needs. [Source: EurekaAlert]
URL: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-03/uol-nwt032509.php
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Source: EurekaAlert
Publish Date: 3/25/2009
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