Cardigan decision to investigate power from River Teifi again raises issue of harnessing tidal energy from Welsh coast.

The River Teifi (Welsh: Afon Teifi) in Wales (Cymru) is nearly 73 miles (117km) long. Its source is Llyn Teifi which is the biggest of the famous Teifi Pools found north east of Tregaron in the county of Ceredigion. The countryside here is known for its beauty and the River Teifi flows through some stunning and unspoilt countryside. The river eventually reaches the Irish Sea at Cardigan Bay (Welsh: Bae Ceredigion). The Welsh name for the town of Cardigan, Aberteifi,refers to its position by the mouth (aber) of the River Teifi. 

Now Cardigan town council is looking into the feasibility of using this great natural resource to generate energy. A working party is being set up to look at the possibility of harnessing the tidal power of the River Teifi to generate electricity. They intend to work with other organisations to look at how such a scheme would help improve the mid-Wales economy, have environmental benefits and could also help towards the issue of flood prevention.  There has been much discussion about harnessing the energy from the tides off the Welsh coast. A scheme to create a tidal lagoon in Swansea Bay was rejected by the UK government in 2018. That decision once again raised the whole issue of energy production in Wales and how an independent Wales would be in a better position to decide on the appropriate sources of energy that would both suite the country and have environmental advantages.