Leading Edge

摘要

Nova Scotia Power and its tidal technology partner OpenHydro deployed the first commercial scale in-stream tidal turbine in the Bay of Fundy in November 2009.rnThe 1-MW commercial scale turbine traveled from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to the Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy (FORCE) deployment site, in the Minas Passage, This site is located about 3 kilometers off the shore of Black Rock. Once on site, the 400-ton device was lowered in less than six hours to its intended location on the ocean floor via a purpose-built barge called the Open-Hydro Installer. The turbine rests on the seabed and is held in place by a subsea gravity base designed by OpenHydro and fabricated by Cherubini Metal Works.