Nova Scotia looks to tap powerful Bay of Fundy tides for clean energy (pilot project approved)

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Nova Scotia looks to tap powerful Bay of Fundy tides for clean energy (pilot project approved)

http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Nova+Scotia+looks+tidal+energy/2012332/story.html

Nova Scotia looks to tap powerful Bay of Fundy tides for clean energy

By Mike Barber, Canwest News Service September 19, 2009 11:39 AM

The tides in the Bay of Fundy pummel the shores of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick with the force of 8,000 locomotives, a twice daily demonstration of nature's unyielding power.

More than 100 billion tonnes of water - more than all of the world's rivers combined - rush in and out, raising 12 metres between high and low tide.

And this unique phenomena could soon power 800,000 homes on Canada's East Coast - enough energy to keep the lights on in all of Nova Scotia, with enough spare power to cover parts of New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island - without emitting a single molecule of greenhouse gas.

The Nova Scotia government has approved a "tidal power demonstration project" that would put three turbines in the middle of the Minas Basin at the northeastern end of the Bay of Fundy.

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Billy Burnett

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Sat Sep-19-09 01:11 PM
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1. The tides are simply amazing there.

Edited on Sat Sep-19-09 01:15 PM by Billy Burnett

In some places of the eastern parts of the Bay of Fundy one cannot outrun the incoming tide.

There is a waterfall in Saint Johh, New Brunswick called Reversing Falls. At low tide the falls heads toward the bay, at high tide it falls toward inland.

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greennina

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Sat Sep-19-09 01:53 PM
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2. You know why conservative idiots like this plan?

Because it looks horrible.

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NNadir

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Sat Sep-19-09 01:56 PM
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3. It's a rough life, being a fish up that way.

That, of course, has been true up that way for a long time.

This should be as much fun as dams.

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DCKit

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Sat Sep-19-09 03:07 PM
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4. Turbines? Bass-O-Matic! n/t

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jpak

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Sat Sep-19-09 03:13 PM
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5. ummm....low speed turbines...from the OP...

Edited on Sat Sep-19-09 03:14 PM by jpak

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Clean Current, one of the three companies charged with installing the turbines, currently has a generator in place off the southern coast of Vancouver Island. Company president Glen Douras said the turbine, which, like the Minas Basin turbines, is a test site, hasn't hurt sea life in the area.

"There's been no evidence at our Race Rocks unit, in an ecological reserve, of it affecting anything, sea mammals or fish," said Douras. "If there are concerns about fish running into an object, that is, in our case, 13 metres wide, fish don't do that."

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DCKit

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Sat Sep-19-09 03:29 PM
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6. I was kidding AND gave it a rec.

Anyone with 45' tides who doesn't plan to take whatever advantage of them is criminally insane. This project isn't just big, it's HUGH!

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NNadir

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Wed Sep-23-09 09:55 PM
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10. Actually it isn't all that easy to detect chum at sea.

We've been hearing for years and years and years and years and years and years and years and years and years and years here all about schemes to sink all kinds of stuff in the sea.

How come therefore it isn't even registering at the same level as the pathetic solar industry, that was also supposed to save us?

http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/alternate/page/renew_energy_consump/table1.html

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Sat Sep-19-09 05:28 PM
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7. The Mass-Turbator!

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OKIsItJustMe

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Wed Sep-23-09 05:52 PM
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8. Tidal turbine to be placed in Bay of Fundy unveiled amid environmental concerns

http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5h5gg3fsFNeaPfwAX0PXhZgHGxi2w

Tidal turbine to be placed in Bay of Fundy unveiled amid environmental concerns

By Michael Tutton (CP) � 8 minutes ago

DARTMOUTH, N.S. � The manufacturer of a tidal power turbine to be laid onto the sea floor of the Bay of Fundy unveiled the technology Wednesday, dismissing concerns from critics who say the project threatens marine life.

The 10-metre turbine has the appearance of a giant jet engine sitting on a tripod about half the length of a football field.

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Ives said the one-megawatt turbine will be filmed with underwater cameras to observe what impact the turbine has on marine life and also how well it stands up in a harsh environment over the next year or two.

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excess_3

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Wed Sep-23-09 08:37 PM
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9. just putting a 'windmill' in the water,

captures only a fraction of the energy available.

why bother,
it will get fouled in month

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NNadir

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Wed Sep-23-09 10:06 PM
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11. This is the bay of fundies.

Do fundies play with themselves, or do they just play with everyone else?

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