Energy and Mines Minister Derek Mombourquette announced last week the province intends to “eventually retrieve” the abandoned 1,000-tonne, five-storey turbine abandoned at the bottom of the Bay of Fundy near Parrsboro. “Eventually” is the key word in that sentence since there is no timeline and no obvious financial means to pay a salvage bill estimated...
Tidal turbine to be pulled out of the Minas Basin
Cape Sharp Tidal says the removal is temporary.
There are two new developments in Fundy tidal power today — the timing of which might strike some observers as a little fishy. First development: the tidal turbine which has been generating electricity since November in the Minas Passage near Parrsboro will be brought to the surface and barged to Saint John, New Brunswick for...
Tidal turbines not yet deployed
There’s still no word on when two massive turbines will be lowered into the Bay of Fundy at a tidal power demonstration site not far from the town of Parrsboro. A barge and two support boats have been working in the Minas Passage this week, but the turbines have not been deployed. A spokesperson for...
Tidal Challenge
Fishermen go to court to delay a November deployment of tidal generators in the Minas Basin.
Inshore fishermen from the Bay of Fundy made a last-ditch plea to the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia yesterday to stall the placement of two massive, five-storey-high turbines on the bottom of the Minas Passage near Parrsboro until an appeal of the Environment Minister’s decision can be heard next February. There are very big bucks...