An article I wrote for The Times during the global climate summit last year highlighted a project in Nova Scotia that aimed to generate renewable electricity from the Bay of Fundy’s exceptional tides. Unfortunately, a regulatory roadblock means that the pilot project may soon shut down.
The Bay of Fundy’s tides have long been seen as a source of abundant electrical power. At the Minas Passage, the narrowest part of the bay, the water level rises or falls about 17 meters, equivalent to the height of a four-story building, and could potentially create massive amounts of power.
[Read: Who Will Win the Race to Generate Electricity From Ocean Tides?]
Most power-generating schemes in the Bay of Fundy have been either disasters or disappointments, partly because they have placed their turbines on the seabed, where underwater debris, such as sunken logs, has destroyed them. Sustainable Marine, a German-owned company that focuses on tidal energy, took a new approach….
2023-04-29 05:00:03
Original from www.nytimes.com
