Emera plans to produce power from Bay of Fundy tides by the end of this year
Posted May 22, 2015 06:56:55 AM.
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SAINT JOHN, N.B. – The president of Emera says the energy company will have two underwater turbines generating power from the tides of the Bay of Fundy by the end of the year.
Chris Huskilson says the turbines will be built in Nova Scotia, and the contract for their construction will be announced within the next few weeks.
Speaking at Emera’s annual shareholders’ meeting in Saint John, N.B., Huskilson said each of the turbines will generate about two megawatts of electricity.
Nova Scotia Power tested an OpenHydro turbine in 2009 but it was heavily damaged by the Bay of Fundy’s powerful currents.
Huskilson says the unit has been redesigned, and OpenHydro’s parent company has guaranteed that it will work.
He says Emera would like to have six to 10 of the turbines in operation by the end of the decade.
