Mersey Tidal Power
A unique opportunity to harness the power of our greatest natural assets to deliver a cleaner, greener, more prosperous future for our children. It's time for tidal.
Tackling the climate emergency is a global challenge that we can no longer afford to ignore.
Our young people have laid down a challenge to our nation’s leaders to save the planet. I am determined that in our region we will do all that we can to rise to that challenge. It’s about changing our behaviours. That doesn’t just mean cutting back and stopping what we do, but embracing new opportunities and technologies.
The River Mersey has been the lifeblood of our fortunes for centuries. I believe it holds the key to our future success too.
In our region, we have both the technological capability and the political will to be leaders of the Green Industrial Revolution and become Britain’s Renewable Energy Coast.
Developing our Mersey Tidal Power Project could mean generating enough power for hundreds of thousands of homes, create thousands of local jobs, and our city region becoming a worldwide centre of excellence in a vital industry of the future.
I think that we have a unique opportunity to harness the power of our greatest natural assets – our river and our people – to deliver a cleaner, greener, more prosperous future for our children.
Our team of global experts, based right here in the Liverpool City Region, has examined the case for tidal power. They have determined that there is a strong strategic case for taking forward a Mersey Tidal Power project and are developing detailed plans for how it could be made a reality. I also believe there is a strong moral case for it too – our planet’s future depends on it.
There is still a huge amount of work to do but I can’t wait to get to work. With the right support, we could be generating clean, renewable power by the end of the decade, growing our local economy and safeguarding the future of our planet for generations to come.
Steve Rotheram
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.
With its huge tidal range, a tidal power scheme on the Mersey could produce enough clean, green electricity to power every home in the city region for more than a hundred years, while creating thousands of jobs.
Complementing existing strengths in offshore wind and solar energy, this predictable and proven energy source could be key to the city region’s ambition to be net zero by 2040.
With the right support, we could build the world’s largest tidal power scheme right here, at the heart of the Liverpool City Region.
The first public consultation on the Mersey Tidal Power project is now closed. There will be further opportunity to have your say in 2025.
Global and local environmental considerations are at the heart of the project. We believe that the global climate emergency means we have a moral duty to pursue opportunities such as the Mersey Tidal Power Project. Local environmental considerations are also central to its development. We have already successfully deployed clean power technologies such as offshore wind in sensitive marine environments. Marine modelling has demonstrated the lower environmental impacts of new turbine technology with two-way generation and pumping. There is much scope for further mitigation through dialogue with environmental stakeholders as the project progresses.