Irish firm provides turbine for tidal project in Canada

A DUBLIN company has won a key element of an €8 million development to provide tidal powered electricity to a Canadian power company.

OpenHydro will officially announce later this week that its innovative power-generating turbine will be the focus of an experiment by Nova Scotia Power.

The turbine will be installed in the Bay of Fundy on Canada’s east coast although the company does not expect widespread production until 2009.