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Why We Are Here => Water Cooler => Topic started by: rcjordan on January 19, 2022, 07:52:43 PM

Title: Ireland has the wind and seas to become an offshore superpower
Post by: rcjordan on January 19, 2022, 07:52:43 PM

https://techxplore.com/news/2022-01-ireland-seas-offshore-superpower.html

Title: Re: Ireland has the wind and seas to become an offshore superpower
Post by: Brad on January 19, 2022, 10:23:54 PM

I once crossed the Irish Sea on a ferry during a gale.  I can attest, they have plenty of wind and ocean.

Title: Re: Ireland has the wind and seas to become an offshore superpower
Post by: Rupert on January 20, 2022, 06:54:16 AM

Yup agreed, windy, and wet, can that be used?  A bit of hydro perhaps?
Unfortunately the Sunny bit is the locals view of life.  Does that count?

Title: Re: Ireland has the wind and seas to become an offshore superpower
Post by: BoL on January 20, 2022, 11:41:56 AM

Wonder if Rockall would be a potentially good location since it's relatively shallow waters and not much further away than some of the recent Scotwind parcels of seabed.

Ireland don't recognise the UK's claim to it. The image in the article shows an EEZ around the rock about the size of Ireland itself.