05-06-2018 22:59 via uk.news.yahoo.com

Swansea tidal lagoon project offered £200m amid doubts it will get off the ground

A tidal lagoon project in Swansea will get a £200m investment to encourage Westminster to give it the green light.Labour's Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones offered the "substantial" investment from the Welsh Government "if that would enable the project to move forward".If it is built, the project in Swansea Bay would be the world's first tidal lagoon power plant and would power about 155,000 homes and sustain about 2,200 construction and manufacturing jobs while it is built.
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