Five days after Canadian environmental authorities gave the go-ahead to the Bay of Fundy’s tidal test project, Nova Scotia Power unveiled a giant 1 MW turbine that it plans to install in the bay this fall.
The turbine will sit on the ocean floor
The $10 million trial is seen as a first step toward a plant that could provide as much as 25 percent of Nova Scotia’s power. The Bay of Fundy has arguably the world’s highest tide, contesting the honor only with Ungava Bay in Quebec and the Severn estuary in the United Kingdom.
The potential for tidal energy is obviously great.
The turbine the utility showed off Wednesday stands about 30 feet high and will be tested for up to two years. It was built by Ireland’s OpenHydro.
Nova Scotia’s Environment Minister Sterling Belliveau gave the project the green light last week. Here is a photo of the tubine:
A turbine about 30 feet tall will be tested in the Bay of Fundy
[...] lowered its 400-tonne, six-story turbine onto the seabed last November, choosing the swift flowing Minas Passage near Parrsboro, Nova [...]