Cape Sharp Tidal

Cape Sharp Tidal is a joint venture between Emera Inc. and OpenHydro, a DCNS company, with the objective to deploy a grid connected 4MW tidal array demonstration project in the Bay of Fundy at the Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy (FORCE.) This project has the potential to be one of the world’s first multi-megawatt arrays of interconnected tidal turbines, providing clean, renewable, predictable energy to more than 1,000 Nova Scotians.

The Cape Sharp Tidal project will reduce GHG emissions and contribute to the Provincial target to achieve 40 per cent renewables by 2020. To date, more than 300 people locally have been working on our project. We’ve invested tens of millions of dollars to grow the local tidal supply chain and industry, and we have met our commitment to spend 70 per cent of first-phase project costs in Nova Scotia.