Floating tidal platform installed in Nova Scotia
Sustainable Marine Energy Ltd has announced that the PLAT-I tidal energy system, equipped with four SCHOTTEL HYDRO SIT250 tidal turbines, has been installed in Grand Passage, between Brier and Long Island, Nova Scotia province, eastern Canada.
The PLAT-I platform has been installed as part of a collaborative research and development project between Nova Scotian company Black Rock Tidal Power Inc., Edinburgh-based Sustainable Marine Energy Ltd. and SCHOTTEL Hydro GmbH. from Germany, with support from SOAR (Sustainable Oceans Applied Research). The Nova Scotia Department of Energy and Mines have issued a permit to Black Rock Tidal Power for an initial testing period of 6 months.
The next step in the project is to commission and test environmental monitoring equipment on the platform before the tidal turbines are activated. It is anticipated that this stage will take several weeks, and once the team and the regulators are satisfied that the systems are working well, blades will be installed on the turbines and generation will commence.
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