The Anonymous Widower

Sustainable Marine Delivers Floating Tidal Power To Nova Scotia Grid

The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on Renewable Energy Magazine.

This is the first paragraph.

Ocean energy pioneer Sustainable Marine has successfully harnessed the enormous tidal currents in Canada’s Bay of Fundy, delivering the first floating in-stream tidal power to Nova Scotia’s grid.

This Google Map shows the Bay Of Fundy.

Note.

1. The hydrology of the Bay of Fundy has the highest tidal range in the world of sixteen metres, against a worldwide average of about a metre.
2. According to the Renewable Energy Magazine article, Nova Scotia has allocated circa 30MW of capacity via demonstration permits.
3. The article also indicates that up to 2.5 GW of clean and predictable energy for Canada could be generated.
4. By comparison Hinckley Point C nuclear power station will generate 3.26 GW.

The Bay of Fundy would be the largest tidal power station in the world.

But this list in Wikipedia gives these proposed tidal power stations.

• Incheon Tidal Power Station – 1.32 GW
• Severn Barrage – 8.64 GW
• Penzhin Tidal Power Plant Project – 87 GW

There are another two Russian proposals and a South Korean one.

Note.

1. There are some large numbers.
2. There are also some huge ambitions and massive budgets.

But will we ever see large scale tidal power stations?

May 12, 2022 Posted by AnonW | Energy | Bay Of Fundy, Canada, Nova Scotia, Severn Barrage, Tidal Power | Leave a comment