A large tidal power turbine, built for Nova Scotia Power, is towed in the Bedford Basin on Monday. The 10-metre turbine will be deployed in the Minas Passage of the Bay of Fundy, to see what impact it has on marine life, how well it stands up in a harsh environment and the future feasibility of tidal power in the area.
Nova Scotia’s tidal energy project are getting some advice.
The provincial government has appointed two new committees, including scientists, fishermen, academics and the public, to oversee the tidal demonstration project in the Bay of Fundy.
One committee will provide advice on monitoring the project’s environmental effects and the second will serve as a liaison between people involved in the project and the surrounding communities.
Anna Redden, director of the Acadia (University) Centre for Estuarine Research, and Donald Gordon, a retired scientist with the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans, will co-chair the environmental committee.
Its role will be to review the monitoring programs and available data and make recommendations for keeping track of the environmental effects of tidal power technologies in the Minas Passage, Ms. Redden said in a news release Monday.
The community liaison committee will be co-chaired by Lois Smith, a Parrsboro municipal councillor, and Joe Kozak of the Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy.
Nova Scotia Power and its Irish partner, OpenHydro, are testing their tidal technology this week in Bedford Basin before launching the underwater turbine in the Bay of Fundy. The turbine could produce one megawatt of electricity, enough to power 300 households.
Nova Scotia Power and OpenHydro constitute one of three groups of companies involved in the pilot project that the provincial government announced in 2007 to test tidal power technology in the bay.
The provincial government has appointed two new committees, including scientists, fishermen, academics and the public, to oversee the tidal demonstration project in the Bay of Fundy.
One committee will provide advice on monitoring the project’s environmental effects and the second will serve as a liaison between people involved in the project and the surrounding communities.
Anna Redden, director of the Acadia (University) Centre for Estuarine Research, and Donald Gordon, a retired scientist with the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans, will co-chair the environmental committee.
Its role will be to review the monitoring programs and available data and make recommendations for keeping track of the environmental effects of tidal power technologies in the Minas Passage, Ms. Redden said in a news release Monday.
The community liaison committee will be co-chaired by Lois Smith, a Parrsboro municipal councillor, and Joe Kozak of the Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy.
Nova Scotia Power and its Irish partner, OpenHydro, are testing their tidal technology this week in Bedford Basin before launching the underwater turbine in the Bay of Fundy. The turbine could produce one megawatt of electricity, enough to power 300 households.
Nova Scotia Power and OpenHydro constitute one of three groups of companies involved in the pilot project that the provincial government announced in 2007 to test tidal power technology in the bay.
I thought this would be interesting for the blog as it is about the tidal power project in the Bay .
I found this article in The Chronicle Herald today [oct 27 2009]
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