There are so many interesting aspects of the Bay of Fundy Minas Basin project (harnessing the ocean's energy with a ginormous turbine), that it's hard to know where to begin. The complexity of the feat itself is historic - in Oct 2009, Open Hydro (http://www.openhydro.com/home.html) will deploy its turbine in the most dangerous and fast moving tides in the world (tides rising up to 55 feet+). Then there is the transfer of skills - one of the partners, Minas Basin Pulp and Paper, (http://www.minas.ns.ca/tidal/index.html) asked their staff to use their long-standing skills in the forestry business, for slicing big ice samples on-site. Transferring talent from a traditional industry to that of an emerging one...that's ingenuity.
Friday, July 31, 2009
Bay of Fundy Ocean Energy Demo scheduled for October 09
There are so many interesting aspects of the Bay of Fundy Minas Basin project (harnessing the ocean's energy with a ginormous turbine), that it's hard to know where to begin. The complexity of the feat itself is historic - in Oct 2009, Open Hydro (http://www.openhydro.com/home.html) will deploy its turbine in the most dangerous and fast moving tides in the world (tides rising up to 55 feet+). Then there is the transfer of skills - one of the partners, Minas Basin Pulp and Paper, (http://www.minas.ns.ca/tidal/index.html) asked their staff to use their long-standing skills in the forestry business, for slicing big ice samples on-site. Transferring talent from a traditional industry to that of an emerging one...that's ingenuity.
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