Canada’s new prince of tides: world’s first floating array heads out
RECHARGE| February 5, 2021
Innovative, multi-turbine design to be used to build potentially market-changing 9MW Pempa’q project in Bay of Fundy
An innovative floating tidal power array being developed by Scotland’s Sustainable Marine for a potentially market-changing demonstration project off Canada is in tow for installation in the Bay of Fundy.
The distinctive cross-shaped, multi-turbine design is set for trials at Nova Scotia’s Force R&D centre after lead-off testing in a stretch of water called the Grand Passage, where currents speed as fast as 2.5 metres per second, in the next step of the 9MW Pempa’q project.