Bay of Fundy Tidal Turbine

NS: Province announces major tidal turbine project


This concept of an Atlantis Turbine shows how big the generator will be. - Provinded through Communications Nova Scotia
Published on February 10, 2011
Published on February 10, 2011
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By summer, 2012 one of the world’s largest tidal turbines will be churning water in the Bay of Fundy. Atlantis Resources Corporation joined the province’s Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy project (FORCE).

Topics : Atlantis Resources Corporation , Lockheed Martin , Nova Scotia , Bay of Fundy
[MINAS BASIN, NS] - By summer, 2012 one of the world’s largest tidal turbines will be churning water in the Bay of Fundy.

Atlantis Resources Corporation joined the province’s Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy project (FORCE).

Atlantis specializes in tidal power generation and was one of five companies to propose plans for a fourth berth-holder in the bay last fall. They have projects underway in Northern Scotland, Australia and India.

They will be joining the partnerships of Nova Scotia Power and Open Hydro of Ireland, Minas Basin Pulp and Power with Marine Current Turbines technology and Alstom Clean Current technology out of France.

Atlantis has offices in the United Kingdom, Australia and Singapore and will be teaming up locally with Lockheed Martin and Irving Shipbuilding to design, build and deploy the one megawatt turbine called the AK-1000 Mark II.

"We are absolutely delighted that the Nova Scotia government has chosen our consortium to develop the final FORCE berth," said Tim Cornelius, chief executive officer of Atlantis Resources Corporation. "We are committed to working with local Nova Scotian companies to establish a local supply chain and knowledge base that will be a platform for the growth of a commercial scale marine power industry in the province. Building on our global project experience, we are keen to work with government and the other developers at the FORCE facility to accelerate the deployment of commercial scale marine energy in Nova Scotia."

Lockheed Martin and Irving Shipbuilding employ a combined 1330 workers in Nova Scotia of varying types of skills and proficiencies.

Irving will be lending its skills of steel fitting, welding and ironwork to the project. They have a history of providing parts for ships and offshore rigs.

"The success of this consortium not only demonstrates Nova Scotia's growing expertise in a promising industry, but also the breadth of the skills and capabilities of the men and women of Irving Shipbuilding," said Steve Durrell, president, Irving Shipbuilding.

Lockheed Martin, the giant U.S. defence contractor will be providing the engineering and planning expertise to the turbine.

"Lockheed Martin has designed and deployed maritime systems for more than 40 years," said Tom Digan, president of Lockheed Martin Canada "We will apply our systems engineering, integration and manufacturing expertise to help make tidal energy generation an economically viable reality."