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> Incidentally, the argument that the tide is more reliable as it always flows twice a day is a rather moot point, as like wind, the tide doesn't always flow wh

> Incidentally, the argument that the tide is more reliable as it always flows twice a day is a rather moot point, as like wind, the tide doesn't always flow when you want it to. Producing energy on a completely predicable schedule, while being less useful than at will, is much easier to deal with than producing energy on a modestly predictable but highly variable basis. But on the general point about funding for tidal energy I agree with you. To make it work we'd need to make bold and highly disruptive changes to the environment, for example the tidal barrier across the Bristol Channel.

TheManInThePub 5y ago
> Producing energy on a completely predicable schedule, while being less useful than at will, is much easier to deal with than producing energy on a modestly predictable but highly variable basis I agree in theory, but in practice tidal doesn't scale like wind does (both in terns of the size of turbines and where they can be located around the coast). The predictable but small amount of energy it can produce is of limited use.