EnCurrent Canoe Pass
(British Columbia)
New Energy, along with its partner, Canoe Pass Tidal Energy Corporation, is in the process of
implementing the first grid-connected tidal energy project in
Canada.
The Canoe Pass Tidal Commercialization Project, or...
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EnCurrent Canoe Pass
(British Columbia)
New Energy, along with its partner, Canoe Pass Tidal Energy Corporation, is in the process of
implementing the first grid-connected tidal energy project in
Canada.
The Canoe Pass Tidal Commercialization Project, or
Canoe Pass as it is more commonly referred, represents
many firsts for tidal energy within British Columbia and Canada as a whole.
The 500 kW project is
currently in the permitting stage and is expected to be installed in the second half of 2010.
Canoe Pass is a narrow passage
between Quadra and Maude Islands off
the east coast of Vancouver Island just
north of Campbell River, British
Columbia.
The flow within the passage is
currently blocked by a barrage which was
constructed by the federal Department
of Public Works in 1942 in order to deal
with a navigable hazard, Ripple Rock,
which was located in Seymour Narrows –
directly west of Canoe Pass.
The causeway was used to transport men and equipment from Quadra Island onto Maude Is
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