The mighty Bay of Fundy could produce as much power as 3,000 wind turbines — if anyone can tame it
Six questions about the latest attempt to generate tidal electricity where others have failed
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Six questions about the latest attempt to generate tidal electricity where others have failed
Employees of Sustainable Marine watch as a large floating tidal energy platform with six underwater turbines is launched at A.F. Theriault & Son Ltd. Photo by The Canadian Press/Andrew Vaughan METEGHAN, N.S. — A large floating platform with six underwater turbines was launched Monday near the mouth of the Bay of Fundy, marking the latest high-tech bid to generate electricity by harnessing the bay's powerful tides. Sustainable Marine Energy Canada started testing a smaller but similar catamaran-style platform near Nova Scotia's Brier Island in 2018. The bigger, second-generation platform is...
Harnessing the Bay of Fundy: New platform has turbines like a boat's outboard motor Employees of Sustainable Marine watch as a large floating tidal energy platform with six underwater turbines, the latest high-tech bid to generate electricity by harnessing the Bay of Fundy's powerful tides, is launched at A.F. Theriault & Son Ltd. in Meteghan River, N.S. on Monday, Feb. 1, 2021. Sustainable Marine says its Pempaâq In-stream Tidal Energy Project will eventually include two other platforms, which will produce a total of nine megawatts of electricity. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andr...