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First floating tidal energy delivered in N.S.

by Tess Hutchinson

Ocean energy company Sustainable Marine claims to have harnessed tidal currents in the Bay of Fundy, providing the first floating tidal power to the Nova Scotia grid.

Sustainable Marine CEO Jason Hayman said this marks an important milestone for the company and Canada’s broader marine energy ambitions, demonstrating that the Bay of Fundy’s tidal energy resource can be efficiently harnessed to provide up to 2,500 MW of clean, predictable power.

“Achieving ‘first feed’ to the network from our new hub in Grand Passage (Digby County) signals a real inflection point for our business,” Hayman said in a press release issued Wednesday. .

“It crystallizes the journey we have traveled, after nearly a decade of rigorous research, development and testing. The project has enabled Sustainable Marine to gradually acquire skills and resources to deliver turnkey projects, including a multi-purpose construction vessel called Tidal Pioneer, and a suite of next-generation remote-controlled underwater installation machines taking support our new Swift Anchors technology.

Nova Scotia has allocated approximately 30 MW of capacity through demonstration permits and berths at the Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy for proponents to demonstrate the efficiency, cost and environmental effects associated with this form of generation of energy. These projects offer developers a pathway to reduce costs en route to commercial projects, with a regulatory framework in place to provide up to 300MW of installed capacity. It further aligns with the region’s net zero commitments to accelerate the phase-out of coal-fired power by 2030.

“It can be challenging to do these one-of-a-kind projects in high-energy environments, but we’ve taken a phased, step-by-step approach to managing the technical risks and proving our technology’s ultra-low environmental impact.” , Hayman said.

“We continue to actively monitor any interaction with marine animals and will increase power generation in stages, under the current constraints of operating during daylight hours.

“Sustainable Marine Energy has achieved a first in the history of tidal energy in Canada, supplying electricity from a floating platform at Grand Passage to the Nova Scotia power grid,” said the Premier Tim Houston in the statement.

“This project and others are positioning Nova Scotia as a global player in tidal energy and creating green technologies, green jobs, a cleaner environment, and a renewable, predictable source of electricity for Newcomers. -Scottish.

Sustainable Marine, headquartered in Edinburgh, Scotland, is preparing to deliver the world’s first floating tidal array to FORCE and is using its demonstration site at Grand Passage to prove its technology and environmental monitoring systems before beginning deployments. in the Minas pass.

The company has a portfolio of 15 patented technologies. In addition to tidal energy, its offerings aim to strengthen the “blue economy” as a whole, by providing modular platforms, mooring and anchoring solutions to meet the challenges of deploying marine renewable energy and floating wind turbine.

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