Freeflow tidal turbines to generate 15,000MW in Canada

Hydro Power Without the Dams: Ontario Invests in Free Flow Underwater Turbines.

The Cornwall Ontario River Energy Project – 15 Megawatts

The province of Ontario is investing C$2.2 million into a project to demonstrate the feasibility and commercial viability of using free flow turbines to harness some of the St. Lawrence River’s kinetic energy and turn it into electricity.

This project is for 15 megawatts, enough to power 11,000 average-sized homes, but Verdant estimates that “there is enough potential power in the water currents of Canada’s tides, rivers and manmade channels to generate 15,000 MW of electricity using its technology”. That would be about the equivalent of 15 big coal power plants.

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