新闻1。Tidal generation failure costs mount Losses continue to mount related to the failed tidal generation project in the Minas Basin. The Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy Inc. (FORCE), the company established to provide test sites for other companies to try out instream turbines in the Minas Basin, is suing five companies for […]
宣布考官订户党,with special guest Linden MacIntyre
Morning File, Friday, November 9, 2018
新闻1。宣布考官订户党,with special guest speaker Linden MacIntyre We’re in the midst of the Halifax Examiner’s subscription drive. We do this every November, and towards the end of the month we have a party to thank our subscribers. This year’s party will be on Sunday, November 25, from 4–7pm, at […]
Tidal power isn’t dead yet
Three companies are still committed to developing the industry, but after the OpenHydro collapse, obtaining the hundreds of millions of dollars in needed investment may be an upstream battle.
Tomorrow (Wednesday), an Irish High Court will begin to sort out the ownership of an Irish company whose bankruptcy forced it to abandon its gigantic principal asset — a doughnut-shaped, five-storey high, 1,000-tonne turbine — an ocean away at the bottom of the Bay of Fundy. The third version of the company’s device, designed to...
Minas Basin tidal project stalled until at least the summer
It will be at least next summer before another attempt is made to tame the Bay of Fundy to produce tidal power. “We’re continuing to upgrade the next turbine we’ll deploy,” says Stacey Pineau, an Emera employee and spokesperson for Cape Sharp Tidal near Parrsboro. Cape Sharp is a joint venture between Emera and OpenHydro,...