MPs want Severn Barrage project included in energy white paper.

The article reports on the efforts of a group of members of parliament (MPs), led by Stephen Williams, in reigniting interest in a long-standing project to extract tidal energy from the River Severn in Great Britain. MPs are petitioning the British government to include a reappraisal of the project in the energy white paper. They claimed that a barrage across the Severn could produce more than 5 percent of the country's electricity needs, while reducing carbon output by 3 percent.