Following tow-testing outside Halifax harbour, the one-megawatt ‘open centre’ turbine was transported to the site of the future Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy (Force) in the Minas Passage, where it is now rotating with the tidal cycle.
“Today begins a very important period of testing that we believe will demonstrate that tidal energy can be part of Nova Scotia’s renewable energy future,” said NSP chief executive Rob Bennett.
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