Race Rocks Tidal Power Demonstration Project
Race Rocks Tidal Power Demonstration Project | |
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EnCana Corporation and Clean Current Power Systems Incorporated | |
Thermal power station | |
Primary fuel | Tidal |
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The Race Rocks Tidal Power Demonstration Project (official name: Pearson College - EnCana - Clean Current Tidal Power Demonstration Project at Race Rocks) was a joint project of the
The water lubricated bearing system did not perform as expected, and the prototype was decommissioned in May 2007, so that the bearing system could be redesigned.[4] After changes to the bearings, shroud and turbine, Clean Current Power Systems reinstalled the unit on October 17, 2008.[5] On September 17, 2011, the project ended when the turbine/generator was removed permanently.[6]
The 65 kW direct drive variable speed permanent magnet generator with bi-directional ducted horizontal axis turbine is placed at the depth of 19 metres (62 ft) to 22 metres (72 ft).[7]
References
- ^ "Tidal Power, INDIAN POWER SECTOR". indianpowersector.com. Archived from the original on 2014-02-23.
- ISBN 978-0-12-814882-2.
- ISBN 978-981-4289-06-1.
- ^ "The Race Rocks Tidal Energy Project". Clean Current Power Systems Incorporated. Archived from the original on 2008-07-05. Retrieved 2008-07-09.
- ^ Fletcher, Garry. "Redeployment of Tidal Current Generator". www.racerocks.com.
- ^ "Tidalturbineremove". Archived from the original on 2014-11-10. Retrieved 2014-11-10.
- ^ Gouri Bhuyan; Glen Darou; Christian Blondeau; Mark Edmunds; Max Larson; Gary Bouwman (2007-04-26). "Integrated Tidal Current Demonstration Project at Race Rocks, British Columbia, Canada" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-07-09.
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