Further events, looking at the River Dee
tidal range, will be announced soon.
Its funnel shape helps give it the second highest
tidal range globally.
Merseyside has the second highest
tidal range in the country so parents must be aware of the tidal times
And that is where Wales has a natural advantage - the
tidal range along the west coast of Britain is amongst the highest in the world and this can create a 14ft-high difference in water between the outside and inside of the lagoon.
Huge opening for tidal energy JILL Evans MEP is right (Nov 8) that by whole-heartedly embracing a two-way 'naturalised flow'
tidal range (lagoon/ impoundment) agenda Wales could, indeed should, put herself centre-stage.
"In the Severn, we have got the second highest
tidal range in the world and there is enormous potential.
The team of experts travel to the south coast of Wales, which has the world's second highest
tidal range.
Regarding renewables, every fifteen year old will know we are surrounded by the sea, with the Bristol Channel having the second highest
tidal range on the planet.
This a prize worth fighting for because a tidal power ecosystem would generate a triple dividend - renewable energy, a
tidal range industry and a new R&D sector dedicated to sustainable development.
Talk of harnessing the Severn Estuary's
tidal range has been raging for decades - in fact since the 1920s.