Nova Scotia Taps Bay of Fundy Tides. By Grant Buckler, Toronto Globe and Mail, October 20, 2008. "Atlantic Canada's Bay of Fundy has some of the world's highest and most powerful tides... In 1984, Nova Scotia opened a small plant that takes advantage of the massive Fundy tide as it rushes up the Annapolis River, funnelling the surge through turbines to generate power... [The Annapolis Tidal Power Station now] produces about 20 megawatts a day, enough to power about 4,000 homes. Now Nova Scotia is preparing for a much bigger Fundy project, one that is unique to North America and could eventually produce 100 MW of electricity, about 10 per cent of the province's peak load. The $50-million pilot project, set to begin by next fall or the spring of 2010, will be different from previous tidal efforts not only in size but also in method. Rather than pushing water through turbines in the 'barrage' style of a hydroelectric dam, three experimental turbines will be dropped into the deep waters of the bay and will operate more like underwater windmills."
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