§ Mr. Sternasked the Secretary of State for Energy what assessment has been made by his Department of the environmental effects of alternative energy sources, such as wind power and the proposed Severn barrage.
§ Mr. David HuntThe possible environmental impact of land based wind turbine generators is likely to be their visual intrusineness, TV interference and noise. These were reviewed in Report 30 by the Energy Technology Support Unit "Prospects for the Exploitation of the renewable506W energy technologies in the United Kingdom", copies of which are available in the library. We are currently considering the Severn tidal power groups report and environmental factors will be one of the factors to be taken into account.