Closes 15 November 2024 The first public consultation on the Mersey Tidal Power project is now open. It offers local people and organisations the opportunity to comment on initial proposals for a tidal barrage across the River Mersey and its associated infrastructure. The scheme will then be reviewed to finalise the proposals which will be […]
Mersey Tidal Power is a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project under the Planning Act and will need a Development Consent Order which will be determined by the Planning Inspectorate on behalf of Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero. The application for a DCO is likely to be submitted in 2026 and will contain […]
The Crown Estate has announced that Offshore Wind Leasing Round 4 Agreements for Lease signing concluded in January 2023. Three of the six leases agreed are in the Irish Sea (the others being in the North Sea). The combined capacity of the 6 is around 8 GW being produced by the end of the decade. […]
This survey is now closed. The Irish Sea Maritime Forum, supported by the University of Liverpool, is conducting an Irish-sea wide survey to look to the future and the changing context of the Irish Sea in the 2020s. The aim is to develop a comprehensive picture of the future for the Irish Sea and […]