Wales has a much stronger sustainability commitment than England, driven by its ground-breaking legislative framework: the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act (2015) and the Environment (Wales) Act (2016). In 2018, a widely popular plan for a Welsh tidal barrage in the Severn Estuary (which has the second highest tidal range in the world) was turned down by the UK Government because it was deemed "too expensive" (and conflicted with the UK's long-standing attachment to the nuclear industry). Now, Swansea City has gone back to the drawing board with the aid of consultants DST Innovations and private investors.The new tidal-lagoon plan (Blue Eden) aims to generate large and predictable amounts of green electricity from tidal turbines. A floating solar array, Dutch-style floating ecohouses, battery-manufacturing plant, data centre, energy-storage facility, and new oceanic and climate change research institute would help to regenerate the adjacent Swansea Docklands and finance the project. Earlier plans also included aquaculture and sailing in the lagoon. Hence, no UK Government subsidy would be required. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/26/2point35-billion-tidal-lagoon-project-with-underwater-turbines-planned.html https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/swansea-lagoon-blue-eden-project-21961498?utm_source=linkCopy&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar