Offshore wind turbine/fish farm hybrid

[dan_b]

Eer?!

https://electrek.co/2023/04/18/a-big-of ... oundation/

[Paul_F]

What are they growing, minnows?

[AE-NMidlands]

even if they are cod or sea bass I bet that the cr!p or guano released will corrode the tower legs. (Maybe they have thought of that already and doubled the corrosion protection coating for several meters either side of the high and low water marks...)
But maybe not.

[Krill]

Fish release ammonia directly into the water and don't concentrate the nitrogen waste products like mammals (urea) or birds (uric acid), so not sure what issue you are getting at that isnworse than being immersed in salt water...?

[Mr Gus]

Maybe cover / foul the legs faster & of course increased algael bloom from a large yet restricted movement block of farmed fish, location may also hinder treatments being given. (sea lice infestation & the like)

[Joeboy]

even if they are cod or sea bass I bet that the cr!p or guano released will corrode the tower legs. (Maybe they have thought of that already and doubled the corrosion protection coating for several meters either side of the high and low water marks...)
But maybe not.

I have seen structures of all sizes pulled from the sea after up to 40 year immersion including dismembered full jackets. There are massive amounts of marine life on them but they are barely touched in terms of corrosion. I can't see an insitu fish farm making any difference to the Chinese structures.

[Mr Gus]

Cue fish poop in water concent comparisons to bat guano & the like