Legislation and funding to turn disused dry docks into marine eco-tech hubs — 6 signatures. Status: open.
Amend relevant planning laws to fast-track converting empty industrial dry docks. Introduce infrastructure grants under the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio to support multi-use coastal sites combining tidal energy, water-cooled servers, and biosecure shellfish aquaculture.
Abandoned dry docks are top coastal assets. We want a national framework to turn these eyesores into eco-tech hubs. Dock turbines can generate 100% predictable power for rolling grid exports during tidal changes. Submerged server farms use seawater cooling, slashing energy overheads by 40% for AI hosting. Isolated heat exchangers use server exhaust to speed up marine farming (fish, lobster, oysters). The remaining clean warmth could heats public lidos and leisure centres at zero fuel cost.
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