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Annapolis
Location: NS
Operator: Nova Scotia Power
Configuration: 1 X 20 MW Straflow
Operation: 1983
T/G supplier: Dominion Bridge Sulzer, CGE
Quick facts: This is the only operational tidal power plant in
the Western Hemisphere. It uses a single 7.6m diameter Straflow rim-type
turbine on the Annapolis Basin, a sub-basin of the Bay of Fundy. A
rock-filled barrage carries a highway across the basin and contains the
powerhouse and sluice gates. The plant runs in a fully automatic mode and is monitored from NSPI’s Energy Control Centre in Ragged Lake.
Photograph courtesy of Nova Scotia Power
Posted 3 Feb 2007 |
Lequille
Location: NS
Operator: Nova Scotia Power
Configuration: 1 X 13 MW Francis
Operation: 1968
T/G supplier: DEW, BBC
Quick facts: This plant was built near the site of Poutrincourt's grist mill,
which was set up in the spring of 1607 near Port Royal. It was the first
water mill in North Americ and the Lequille River was the first to be
harnessed by European settlers. The exterior of the power station was built
as a replica of a French mill of the 17th Century.
Photograph courtesy of ns1763.ca
Posted 15 Jun 2008 |
St George Dam Rebuild
Location: NB
Operator: J D Irving Ltd
Configuration: 2 X 7.5 MW Kaplan
Operation: 2004
T/G supplier: GE
EPC: Kleinschmidt
Quick facts: This addition to a hydro plant
originally built for the St George Pulp and Paper is situated at the
confluence of the Magaguadavic River and a tidal estuary of the Bay of
Fundy. This made the new construction and related work particularly
challenging.
Photograph courtesy of J D Irving Ltd
Posted 4 Jun 2005 |
