Black Rock Tidal Power Inc.

Black Rock Tidal Power Inc. (BRTP) located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, is a system-integrator that delivers cost-effective turnkey solutions of instream tidal power generation. Instream tidal power offers predictability of large-scale renewable energy generation due to the regularity of tidal cycles. Most of the existing tidal current energy systems that have been deployed to date are single turbines designed to rest on the seabed. The single turbine approach leads to enormous machines. Besides the high capital expenses for these huge machines, the operating expenses are significantly driven by the necessity to transport the devices to a maintenance base, requiring heavy gear, expensive vessels and suitable onshore infrastructure.

BRTP is directly addressing these cost drivers with a unique approach that combines the innovative platform developed by Sustainable Marine Energy Ltd., with inexpensive small and robust SCHOTTEL Instream Turbines (SITs).This platform was installed at Grand Passage in Digby County in September 2018 and will continue testing through 2019.