Announcement of the project, which will boost connection capacity at Force to 20MW, enough to accommodate a number of small industrial tidal arrays, comes as the authorities awarded the last two berths at the facility to Ireland’s OpenHydro and Canadian outfit Black Rock.

"I'm committed to advancing the tidal sector and Force plays an important role by providing the platform for industry leaders to develop and test their technology in one of the best tidal resources in the world,” states Nova Scotia energy minister Andrew Younger.