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Severn Lake™ News

The latest news on The Severn Lake™ project, which covers the development of the causeway, the lake and accompanying services.

February 2012

After six years of drifting slowly forward towards energy from the Severn, it is warming up.

Companies, and individuals, are taking sides. It is early days. This project will take in everyone!

It seems that Middle East money is there. We have a developer in Halcrow and at last all parties are looking at detail, costs and return. The Severn Lake contribution to this start is reported below.

Report on Severn Lake
Tri-wall tri-pod Energy Build Sections
Patent No. GB 2 436 857B. 20.02.2008

The detailed paper on the invention published in Water & Dam in 2011, some eight pages, is a technical masterpiece. I do not intend to provide that in the promotion of this product, on the contrary……..

The rise and fall of the Severn Estuary provides the potential for power on ebb and flow. In le-Rance, France, power has been taken for forty years, for a short period on ebb and flow, but mostly ebb. Turbine technology is still not available.

The secret of the Tri-wall Tri-pod system is that it uses tried and tested technologies in turbines and sluice gates which negate any build or investment risk.

This ultimate design in the manufacture and build, transportation to position (from any country) and the slotting in of the three pod turbines is well within the remit of any structural design engineers. There is no prototype or trial innovation required.

This invention and system could provide up to 15% of the UK energy requirement from the Severn. For the avoidance of doubt, and for the decision makers in this matter, this report has been published on this website.

Gareth Woodham
Founder of the Severn Lake Co. 2006

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