eli5: the UK is an island but we tend to talk about solar and wind power, how come we don’t seem to push for hydro power?

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eli5: the UK is an island but we tend to talk about solar and wind power, how come we don’t seem to push for hydro power?

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Well hydro power usually mean hydroelectric power plant, which are build on rivers. So the fact that UK is an island doesn’t influence this at all.

But if we talk about coastal hydro, then tidal power could be what you mean. Well this is a relatively new industry and they are doing a lot of testing right now for the impact. It’s always harder to so stuff underwater, compared to solar or wind which is on the surface.

Here a (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIYA6Jwwp4s) talking about the subject. There is good potential with the tech, it just need more time to develop before it start to spread and then we will see more talk about it.