Mersey Tidal Power Project - Phase One Community Consultation

Closed 15 Nov 2024

Opened 1 Oct 2024

Contact

MerseyTidal@liverpoolcityregion-ca.gov.uk

MerseyTidal@liverpoolcityregion-ca.gov.uk

Overview

It's time for Tidal! 

The River Mersey, our greatest natural asset, can play a vital role in tackling the climate emergency and helping our transition to green energy while boosting our future prosperity and the UK’s energy security.

The River Mersey has been at the heart of the fortunes of Liverpool City Region for hundreds of years, from its first ferries and the world’s first commercial wet dock to today’s Port of Liverpool. How we use this great natural asset has always evolved.

Now, in a time of climate crisis, we are turning to our great river once more to harness its natural power to secure a greener, cleaner, and more prosperous Liverpool City Region for this and future generations. We have one of the UK’s largest tidal ranges and a long history of research into tidal power. We can harness this heritage and the power of our tides to generate a plentiful, reliable supply of clean, green energy, powering hundreds of thousands of homes.

Take the survey below to have your say on this potentially transformational project.  You also have the opportunity to attend a public event near you – please see details below.

Why your views matter

Your feedback will help us better understand the local area and any potential impacts our scheme may have on the local community. We will listen to the views of all those who take part, and consider the feedback carefully, and ensure they are fed through into the design development and assessment processes.  

The scheme will then be reviewed to finalise the proposals which will be taken forward to statutory consultation in the next stage, when a suite of documents will be presented at the Statutory Consultation for comment. 

What happens next

All responses will be collated and analysed to identify key themes and trends, and help to feed comments, concerns and recommendations through to the ongoing design development and assessment. 

We will publish a Consultation Feedback Report which will summarise the feedback received to the non-statutory consultation and explain how it was considered in the further design development of the Project. 

Events

Areas

  • All Areas

Audiences

  • Anyone from any background

Interests

  • Mersey Tidal