British energy minister Ed Davey told BBC News he was “very excited” at the prospect of creating electricity by capturing incoming and outgoing tides behind giant sea walls, and using the water to power turbines.
The company behind the plan says six lagoons could generate eight per cent of the UK's electricity with an investment of £12bn (€16.5bn)
Elsewhere, an alliance of influential environmental NGOs is urging all the UK's political parties to make manifesto commitments to tackle climate change, ahead of the British general election on May 5.
The coalition of groups, including Greenpeace, WWF and Oxfam, has written to party leaders asking them to set out how they plan to phase out coal-powered stations by 2020, warning efforts to limit climate change will be derailed without such a commitment.
Meanwhile, former British Prime minister Gordon Brown is set to argue today for greater state support for Scotland’s oil industry, calling for tax reductions in the upcoming Budget.
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