L’architetto del London Eye propone una centrale elettrica mareomotrice di 14 miglia al largo della costa del Somerset | Energia idroelettrica
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/27/london-eye-architect-proposes-14-mile-tidal-power-station-off-somerset-coast
di JackStrawWitchita
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Sorry, we cant do that, people will be mad because its friendly to the enviroment or some other reason they get mad at things, like the 5G towers and solar panels
There seems to be some kind of weird disconnect with the media and government pushing massive AI growth but almost everyone I know is frustrated with AI being shoved down their throats. Even Microsoft has rolled way back on Copilot targets and OpenAI are struggling for revenue streams.
Don’t get me wrong, I use AI and think it has potential, but even I can see that most people aren’t that bothered with it. It’s not like when the online revolution happened and everyone was suddenly buying stuff online and using the internet … or even the mobile phone revolution when almost everyone had a mobile phone within a few short years.
All we see with AI is this need to spend billions to build massive infrastructure for a tool that most people are ‘meh’ about …
Been hearing about this since GCSE geography in 2010. I’m sure the tech has changed since then but we were told that it wouldn’t work because the tide would just break it too much to make it ever fully operational
No idea if that was total bolloxios mind
There’s been a fair few tidal plans for the Channel ovee the years with nothing done as always. It would be a great resource if harnessed appropriately.
I’m not see how designing a big ferris wheel qualifies you to design a grid scale hydro power project…
Or is the headline b/s as usual?
Largest problem I can see is the effect on shipping to Bristol.
That’s a pretty huge thing that would need to be considered.
Even disregarding the AI conversation this is a good idea, as were all the large tidal lagoon project proposals that came before it and were rejected. It would be amazing to see funding and support for a tidal scheme on a large scale like this, but I won’t hold my breath.
The UK has some of the highest tidal ranges in the world. Tidal power is predictable, reliable come rain or shine, and makes opportunities to develop habitats and recreation along what as an island nation is one of our most valuable landscape features, our coastline. We are fools to not have taken advantage of this already.
Nooo we can’t do that as it’ll ruin the view and Nigel says we should just frack instead!
I was originally a big fan of the Swansea Tidal lagoon project, and I still am to an extent. But not purely for energy generation reasons, it had potential to be a great leisure facility too.
But tidal energy isn’t a great power profile, with drops 4 slack waters a day, and variations throughout the month and year that mean you’re rarely achieving the maximum potential.
We also haven’t nailed turbines running in sea water yet. Tidal stream turbines (like wind turbines in water) have huge maintenance requirements.