A compilation video of speakers interviews from the Sustainable Severn Conference
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A compilation video of speakers interviews from the Sustainable Severn Conference
This website provides coverage of a Conference and Forum on sustainable solutions to energy generation on the Severn Estuary.
The Sustainable Severn Forum 2017 took place on the 27th of April.
Read more about the Outcomes from the 2015 event or download the summary document (PDF).
The first conference held in April 2013 was for invited decision makers, engineers and environmentalists but we hope the results presented here from all the conferences and forums will be of interest to everyone.
At the close of the Sustainable Severn Forum 2017, Johnny Gowdy of Regen summarises the event, the energy issues ... Read More
Following his talk at the conference, John Hogg, Head of Operations for South East Wales, Natural Resources Wales, discussed in ... Read More
After his presentation at the event, Gwyn Williams, Head of Conservation Investment with the RSPB was interviewed by Mark Robins of RSPB South West ... Read More
Following his talk at the event on the Potential of Tidal Lagoons in the Severn Estuary, Gino Bawn, Senior Engineer ... Read More
Following his talk at the conference, Chris Binnie, Independent Water Consultant spoke further on Tidal Energy Opportunities in the Bristol ... Read More
In a video interview after his talk on Energy Opportunity Tidal Lagoon Power at the conference on Graham Hillier, Managing ... Read More
Following his talk at the event, Prys Davies, Deputy Director – Decarbonisation and Energy with the Welsh Government, gave an interview on some ... Read More
The final session on the day exploring Governance and Collaboration with Steve Ormerod, professor of Ecology at Cardiff University looked ... Read More
Jerry Stanford, Haven Master at Bristol Port Company continued the talks on the session theme of Governance and collaboration. During ... Read More
John Harrison, Chair of the Severn Estuary Partnership opened the session theme on Governance and collaboration. The Severn Estuary Partnership working ... Read More
In his talk continuing the session on Environmental Vision for the Estuary, John Hogg, Head of Operations for South East ... Read More
Co-Chair for the conference, Jane Davidson, Pro-Vice Chancellor for External Engagement and Sustainability at the University of Wales Trinity Saint ... Read More
Gino Bawn, Senior Engineer at ITPenergised spoke in the session on Energy opportunity for the estuary, on the Potential of Tidal Lagoons in the Severn ... Read More
In the session on Energy Opportunity for the Estuary, Roger Falconer, Professor of Water Management at Cardiff University and Chris ... Read More
In the second of the talks in the session Energy opportunity for the estuary, Michael Baker a planner with Arup ... Read More
Graham Hillier, Managing Director of Development at Tidal Lagoon Power gave a presentation at the conference in the session Energy ... Read More
Prys Davies, Deputy Director – Decarbonisation and Energy, Welsh Government. A transcript of the Keynote speech by Prys Davis on ... Read More
After the welcome and opening to the event Co-chair Johnny Gowdy, Director at Regen presented on ‘Why Sustainable Severn’. In his ... Read More
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