The government needs to invest. Oil is not the future.
HighDeltaVee on
It’s not really suitable for open ocean, as the Atlantic tends to get quite enthusiastic at times.
Also, the land issue is pretty overblown… the full expected 8GW solar build-out in Ireland is going to take less than 0.3% of arable land.
PosterPrintPerfect on
Looks great in nice calm seas.
TraditionalAppeal23 on
The problem is those stands are actually insanely expensive and they can only be put in shallow water. The places where this makes the most sense are water reservoirs to prevent the water from evaporating, California is doing that, that way you save water + generate electricity and the extra cost is justifiable.
Greedy_Definition673 on
Anyone know the song here?
Difficult_Tea6136 on
I would have thought offshore wind is better for us
TELCO_man on
We won’t ever fully embrace renewables I. Ireland because we have an absolute stupid planning system
We should have our far out waters fuller of wind turbines and provide most of our electricity at low low rates as in 10c a unit but no, we prefer when a knob in Dublin can object to planning for a wind farm 15 miles off the southwest coast.
If you want people to back renewables, fix the planning laws and also reward the people of Ireland with low priced electricity based on the national but in.
Norway is putting away billions for its people from its natural resources why can’t we do the same.
LurkerByNatureGT on
Offshore wind turbines make much more sense for our waters, and we are already doing that.
Geairmoe on
Wind.
Fickle_Definition351 on
A million times easier just to put them on the fields I’d say. It’s not like we have a shortage of them
anonquestionsprot on
Works well in calm, shallow seas, which the Atlantic is not
DaRudeabides on
Great idea, Atlantic storm surges never hit the South, South East coast /s
qwerty_1965 on
This is happening on reservoirs in Britain unfortunately we hardly have any of scale but if Vartry was covered that would be quite useful.
Dookwithanegg on
What’s a storm?
Odd-Neighborhood-231 on
Just chuck them on buildings and car parks.
KatarnsBeard on
But this sub hates agriculture
svmk1987 on
We need to utilise wind, we have plenty of that, and our seas are obviously too rough for something like this. Unfortunately, off shore wind attracts a lot of planning objections.
FriendshipIll1681 on
We’ll fill the roofs first and go from there 😊 For example, install solar on all public buildings and we’ll have an awful lot of solar.
Massive amount of western regions will never be suitable for argiculture.
bigusdickus475 on
Need more Wind Farms out at sea not this still plenty of space on roofs or over car parks or even as rain shades before we should think of putting them at sea.
Keyann on
This surely has to have an impact on the ocean’s ecosystem?
5x0uf5o on
OP China is clearly doing this on inland water / lakes. Not the open sea. Use your brain.
niknakpaddywak2468 on
Jesus, these are the type of brain dead suggestions that would be laughed out of a pub. Do some fucking research before posting shite like this
No-Golf8130 on
typhoon magnet
Relation_Familiar on
Also reduces evaporation which is why they do this in reservoirs
fullmoonbeam on
On top of large car parks would be the best new place to add panels include rapid chargers with local battery banks to take the strain off the grid and then send any excess to the grid.
SugarforurProlapse on
Could work vey well paired with tidal power generation.
Would help with coastal erosion too.
Slap a wind turbine on top and you have a 3 for 1 deal on a pole in the ocean.
DannyVandal on
I think we should just flatten Dublin and turn it into a solar park.
Imperial_Tiramisu on
Monumentally stupid idea.
For one, they will get absolutely wrecked by storms. Then you have to deal with corrosion from saltwater.
On top of that, we get very little sun during winter. So ideally, it would be better to rely on a scalable source of energy like nuclear.
cacamilis22 on
That would require smart thinking on the part of this government
Which is alien to them. Not a hope.
DRHAX34 on
This is quite literally terrible for the fawna in the ocean
SnazzBot on
Might be one way of stopping the algae blooms and Lough Neagh.
TurkeyPigFace on
The best location is wastewater treatment plants.
Irishdairyfarmer1 on
Corrosion and salt and storms and deep water tides are a few reasons this won’t work in the Atlantic
Aggressive-Job-204 on
tofu dreg (豆腐渣工程).
Did you ever wonder why the only building collapse during the Thai earthquake was a Chinese construction, every other grimy building untouched?
China isn’t Japan, 能骗就骗 (néng piàn jiù pià), never confuse them. A bad job done good.
Take a look at Montenegro if you want a Chinese job done in Europe, meanwhilst Ardnacrusha stands nearly a century later
LegalAd143 on
I’m not a marine biologist but would this not kill off the sealife underneath it?
I don’t understand, why we don’t cover our cities/ rooftops before we cover anywhere else… I can contemplate China not caring much (if this is a real video).
Threading_water on
Please remember. NIMBYism doesn’t exist in China. Here we have clowns objecting to wind turbines 10 and 15 km off shore.
ImpressiveLength1261 on
Would ya stop would ya, it takes 9 years to build a hospital and we still can’t figure out how to build a train track to the national airport.
Napoleon67 on
Could we not just cover Longford in these?
wolf101123 on
The Irish Sea is a rough sea and then you have the North Atlantic.
Curious_Ladder3589 on
Could we start with our car parks?
BestHoCoInBelfast on
Not in my back yard
Data111222 on
But muh sea views???
Call-of-the-lost-one on
Those seas aren’t even half as rough as they are here
is-that-james-lowe on
It’s a form of ecocide. All the plant life needs sunlight for photosynthesis and aquatic life needs the plants for food.
Craicriture on
The Atlantic Ocean and Celtic Sea would smash that to bits – even the Irish Sea is very rough.
On land here the already strip mined Bord na Mona bogs would seem like the obvious location, considering they’re ruined by being drained and industrial peat harvesting anyway.
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Solar, nuclear, wind, hydro, we need it all.
The government needs to invest. Oil is not the future.
It’s not really suitable for open ocean, as the Atlantic tends to get quite enthusiastic at times.
Also, the land issue is pretty overblown… the full expected 8GW solar build-out in Ireland is going to take less than 0.3% of arable land.
Looks great in nice calm seas.
The problem is those stands are actually insanely expensive and they can only be put in shallow water. The places where this makes the most sense are water reservoirs to prevent the water from evaporating, California is doing that, that way you save water + generate electricity and the extra cost is justifiable.
Anyone know the song here?
I would have thought offshore wind is better for us
We won’t ever fully embrace renewables I. Ireland because we have an absolute stupid planning system
We should have our far out waters fuller of wind turbines and provide most of our electricity at low low rates as in 10c a unit but no, we prefer when a knob in Dublin can object to planning for a wind farm 15 miles off the southwest coast.
If you want people to back renewables, fix the planning laws and also reward the people of Ireland with low priced electricity based on the national but in.
Norway is putting away billions for its people from its natural resources why can’t we do the same.
Offshore wind turbines make much more sense for our waters, and we are already doing that.
Wind.
A million times easier just to put them on the fields I’d say. It’s not like we have a shortage of them
Works well in calm, shallow seas, which the Atlantic is not
Great idea, Atlantic storm surges never hit the South, South East coast /s
This is happening on reservoirs in Britain unfortunately we hardly have any of scale but if Vartry was covered that would be quite useful.
What’s a storm?
Just chuck them on buildings and car parks.
But this sub hates agriculture
We need to utilise wind, we have plenty of that, and our seas are obviously too rough for something like this. Unfortunately, off shore wind attracts a lot of planning objections.
We’ll fill the roofs first and go from there 😊 For example, install solar on all public buildings and we’ll have an awful lot of solar.
Agreee
https://preview.redd.it/q6ilzm1ic6zg1.png?width=1591&format=png&auto=webp&s=6e4d40616565d8ce8665b879f25391f8e7031e70
Massive amount of western regions will never be suitable for argiculture.
Need more Wind Farms out at sea not this still plenty of space on roofs or over car parks or even as rain shades before we should think of putting them at sea.
This surely has to have an impact on the ocean’s ecosystem?
OP China is clearly doing this on inland water / lakes. Not the open sea. Use your brain.
Jesus, these are the type of brain dead suggestions that would be laughed out of a pub. Do some fucking research before posting shite like this
typhoon magnet
Also reduces evaporation which is why they do this in reservoirs
On top of large car parks would be the best new place to add panels include rapid chargers with local battery banks to take the strain off the grid and then send any excess to the grid.
Could work vey well paired with tidal power generation.
Would help with coastal erosion too.
Slap a wind turbine on top and you have a 3 for 1 deal on a pole in the ocean.
I think we should just flatten Dublin and turn it into a solar park.
Monumentally stupid idea.
For one, they will get absolutely wrecked by storms. Then you have to deal with corrosion from saltwater.
On top of that, we get very little sun during winter. So ideally, it would be better to rely on a scalable source of energy like nuclear.
That would require smart thinking on the part of this government
Which is alien to them. Not a hope.
This is quite literally terrible for the fawna in the ocean
Might be one way of stopping the algae blooms and Lough Neagh.
The best location is wastewater treatment plants.
Corrosion and salt and storms and deep water tides are a few reasons this won’t work in the Atlantic
tofu dreg (豆腐渣工程).
Did you ever wonder why the only building collapse during the Thai earthquake was a Chinese construction, every other grimy building untouched?
China isn’t Japan, 能骗就骗 (néng piàn jiù pià), never confuse them. A bad job done good.
Take a look at Montenegro if you want a Chinese job done in Europe, meanwhilst Ardnacrusha stands nearly a century later
I’m not a marine biologist but would this not kill off the sealife underneath it?
I don’t understand, why we don’t cover our cities/ rooftops before we cover anywhere else… I can contemplate China not caring much (if this is a real video).
Please remember. NIMBYism doesn’t exist in China. Here we have clowns objecting to wind turbines 10 and 15 km off shore.
Would ya stop would ya, it takes 9 years to build a hospital and we still can’t figure out how to build a train track to the national airport.
Could we not just cover Longford in these?
The Irish Sea is a rough sea and then you have the North Atlantic.
Could we start with our car parks?
Not in my back yard
But muh sea views???
Those seas aren’t even half as rough as they are here
It’s a form of ecocide. All the plant life needs sunlight for photosynthesis and aquatic life needs the plants for food.
The Atlantic Ocean and Celtic Sea would smash that to bits – even the Irish Sea is very rough.
On land here the already strip mined Bord na Mona bogs would seem like the obvious location, considering they’re ruined by being drained and industrial peat harvesting anyway.
Not a chance would safety allow this to be built😅
Innovative thinking