With the Pearson College – EnCana – Clean Current Tidal Power Demonstration Project at Race Rocks now fully underway, we are seeing a variety of activities in the preparation for the tidal generator and other components of the Integrated Energy System at Race Rocks. Look for the most recent updates at the top of this page.
END of Tidal Energy project and removal of Turbine

 

 

 

 

 

In the late summer of 2009, Pearson College installed six new 165 watt solar panels to add to the existing bank of 38 panels on the energy centre.

 

 

 

Redeployment of the Tidal Energy Turbine  October 2008

 

 

April, 2007.The tidal energy turbine is raised to change the bearings which had been deteriorating faster than expected.

 

 

Cementing anchor bolts to the roof January 17, 2007

Installaton of solar panels January 25,2007

 

 

PM Stephen Harper visits Race Rocks for an “ecoenergy announcement” Jan 19, 2007

 

 

 

Installation of the turbine Sept. 27, 2006

 

 

 

Testing of the Turbine in Pedder Bay

 

 

 

 

Installation of the turbine control unit

 

 

 

 

Laying of the cable to shore Aug.20-22, 2006

 

 

 

Installation of upper part of the piling

 

 

 

Installation of bottom part of the piling

 

 

 

 

Drilling Problems encountered in installation of the tidal current energy Piling

 

 

Installation of the Anchors for Drilling for the Tidal Current Energy Project

 

 

Dredging the overburden for the tidal energy installation.

 

 

 

	Dredging the overburden	Deployment of Anchors for the Piling July 16, 2006	Drilling

Solar Energy Installation May 2006

Underwater Sensors at RR

Commissioning of the Xantrex Power System May 2006

Students of Pearson College help with transferring 96 storage batteries March 10-12, 2006	Battery Installation, March 2006	Electronic equipment arrives March, 2006

Fall 2005, embedding the cable in concrete … crossing the island

January 2006: preliminary work on piling installation	Preliminary work for Cable laying and Pile Drilling..Nov 2005	Succession Studies on Different Substrates, summer, 2005

The Race Rocks Weather Instrument is installed at Race Rocks, Oct.26, 2005

Deployment and Retrieval of the ADCP from the Bottom of the Channel	Dock modifications for a concrete channel to carry the underwater cable: June 2005	Divers Examine two Prospective Locations for the Turbine Installation	March 30, 2005 Triton and ASL Environmental Services do surface ADCP.
Extension of Generator Building to accommodate storage batteries

 

Link to the Tidal Energy part of the Integrated Energy Project Index