Naval Energies has announced that Cape Sharp Tidal, a joint venture between its subsidiary OpenHydro and Emera Inc, has successfully deployed an in-stream tidal turbine and connected it to the power grid at the Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE) site in Nova Scotia’s Minas Passage.
Deployment operations began in the Minas Passage on Thursday, July 19, with several days of preparatory activity. The turbine was deployed on the afternoon of Sunday, July 22 and grid-connected on Tuesday, July 24. The turbine is now undergoing initial commissioning, with operational and environmental monitoring device testing being conducted by the OpenHydro team.
Cape Sharp Tidal’s first demonstration turbine was deployed and grid-connected in November 2016 and recovered in June 2017.
Over the past year, the project team has been working to apply everything learned from the previously deployed turbine and environmental monitoring devices. Upgrades have been made to the turbine technology in order to improve the operating efficiency of the turbine and improvements have also been made to the environmental monitoring program.
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