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Article: Nova Scotia Power and OpenHydro unveil in-stream tidal turbine - Final preparations underway for deployment in Bay of Fundy.
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- September 23, 2009
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HALIFAX, Sept. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nova Scotia Power and its technology partner OpenHydro have unveiled a 1-megawatt (MW) tidal turbine which they will deploy in the Bay of Fundy this fall as part of Nova Scotia's tidal power test facility. The Open-Centre Turbine was manufactured in Ireland by OpenHydro. The turbine will rest directly on the ocean floor using a subsea gravity base fabricated in Dartmouth by Cherubini Metal Works.
"It's exciting to have reached this point in the turbine's development," said Rob Bennett, President and CEO of Nova Scotia Power. "Nova Scotia Power has been harnessing the ...