Nova Scotia is about to get a leg up in the race to harness tidal power and produce it commercially.
Minus Pulp and Power has been given environmental approval to begin building a tidal generation facility — and — company president Scott Travers told the conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers underway at the Delta there’s a lot of potential in the Bay of Fundy.
Travers says construction will begin later this month and when the facility comes online — it will be the first in the world to commercially produce tidal power — something that’s not of great concern to Energy Minister Jack Keir.
Keir says working on renewable energy resources in this region is a partnership — New Brunswick is leading the way in wind generation while Nova Scotia is leading on tidal power with the objective to get the energy online as soon as possible.
Fort Reliance – formerly Irving Oil – is currently studying a number of sites on this side of the Bay of Fundy for potential tidal power generation facilities.
