Foresight Marine
Panel: The Potential
for "Wet" Renewables to Aid Coast Protection
A report based
on the Bridgwater Bay situation
ISBN 0 906940 44 3, Ringbound, 2005,
184 pp, Colour
Order Reference C31, Price �40.00
This study was initiated to determine whether the installation of marine
renewable energy devices�including wave, tidal and offshore wind�might not only
generate power but also inhibit damage to, or destruction of, sea defenses.
Focusing on Bridgwater Bay in Somerset, this study was commissioned to find if
these devices could be used to protect vulnerable areas of the coastline, as
well as to examine whether offshore renewable energy generators could be
incorporated into offshore breakwaters, helping to protect low-lying coastal
areas which are vulnerable to flooding. Includes 115 figures and tables and 26
chapters.
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