Long awaited tidal power turbine to enter Bay of Fundy next month
Posted May 19, 2016 11:15:08 AM.
Last Updated May 19, 2016 11:55:46 AM.
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PICTOU, N.S. – Officials with Cape Sharp Tidal say the first of their two huge tidal power turbines will be installed off the coast of Nova Scotia in the Bay of Fundy next month.
Sarah Dawson, the community relations manager for the project, says one of the two-megawatt turbines, built in Pictou by Aecon Atlantic Industrial Inc., will be loaded on a barge during the first week of June and travel around the province until it reaches the test site near Parrsboro.
The turbine, which stands five storeys high and weighs 1,000 tonnes, was originally scheduled for deployment last year, but Dawson says it was delayed by weather.
Cape Sharp Tidal — which is a partnership of OpenHydro and Emera — has not revealed the total cost of the project.
Dawson says once connected to the power grid, the turbines will provide enough electricity for about 1,000 homes.
Meanwhile, Black Rock Tidal Power Inc., has announced that its tidal power platform will also be built by Aecon and installed at the same test site near Parrsboro in 2017.
