Decision On Severn Barrage May Be Delayed ; Minister Says It Might Be Best to Let 'Embryonic' Technology Develop

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MINISTERS may postpone a decision on an energy-creating barrage across the Severn to allow more research into "embryonic" technology, it emerged yesterday.

The Department for Energy and Climate Change is due to decide next year whether to press ahead with any of the proposed plans, which could generate as much as 5% of the UK's energy needs.

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Decision On Severn Barrage May Be Delayed ; Minister Says It Might Be Best to Let 'Embryonic' Technology Develop

Shortlisted proposals include a pounds 15bn hydro-electric barrage, between Cardiff and Westonsuper-Mare, and a smaller pounds 3.2bn barrage further upstream.

But Energ...

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