The Nova Scotia Department of Energy plans to have tidal turbines operating in the Bay of Fundy during 2009.  The Bay of Fundy is located on Canada’s eastern seaboard.

Ron Scott of Maritime Tidal Energy Corporation said, 'With MCT’s valuable engineering and environmental experience, MTEC can become a frontrunner in terms of in-stream tidal power development for the Bay of Fundy, and eventually elsewhere in the Atlantic Provinces and North America. This is a golden opportunity for Nova Scotia, which the Nova Scotia Government fully recognises, to provide the lead in marine energy generation in North America, moving away from carbon based fuel systems.

Martin Wright, managing director of Marine Current Turbines added, 'Working with MTEC in Canada, we will be using our unrivalled knowledge and experience from our 1.2MW SeaGen commercial tidal system as well as our previous work with our 300kW SeaFlow tidal project in the Bristol Channel, the world’s first offshore tidal stream device, to tap the massive potential that exists in the Bay of Fundy.'

The 1.2MW capacity SeaGen, able to generate clean and sustainable electricity for some 1,000 homes, is the prototype for commercial technology that can be replicated on a large scale over the next few years.

SeaGen has been built and is waiting final assembly at the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast. A single SeaGen device is expected to be deployed in Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland, in the first quarter of next year in a project partially funded by the UK Government.