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Gaining an Overview

Student Tasks 1–8

• Task 3: GCSE AQA skills checklist
• Task 4: UK energy use and energy mix
• Task 5: Tidal barrage generation
• Task 6: Tidal power 101
• Task 7: Morecambe Bay
• Task 7: Duddon estuary

Further Reading

• The National Grid: Live
• BBC Bitesize: The UK energy mix
• Factors affecting energy availability
• Videos, explanations, and pros and cons of various types of renewable energy
• The mystery of the UK’s untapped tidal power
• Could the UK's tides help wean us off fossil fuels?
• Short YouTube clip focusing on Swansea Bay, Wales

• Google Earth Pro Download

Delving Deeper

Figure 2 Activities

• Morecambe Offshore Windfarm
• Wikipedia: Morecambe Gas Fields

Figure 3 Activities

• La Rance Tidal Barrage

Developing Decisions

SWOT Analysis

• JNCC: Morecambe Bay
• Facebook Group: Northern Tidal Power Gateway
• Thomas Lowe Gray Lecture 2022: Morecambe Bay Tidal Barrage
• The Mail: Minister agrees to meet MPs over £10bn Morecambe Bay barrage scheme
• Environmental Audit Committee examines tidal energy in the UK’s path to net-zero