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.