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Bonnybrook
The Bonnybrook project was the first semi-permanent installation installed by New Energy, serving as a demonstration project that logged over 1000 hours of run-time. This project was instrumental in advancing our understanding in a variable flow, restricted flow application. The system used a constant speed control system, a ducted prototype turbine design, and a flow restriction setup with spill-over above a specified height. This project was a significant influence on future New Energy turbine designs with new insights on managing large variable drag loads, managing power generation in changing flow conditions, and on operations in restricted flow conditions.
Additional Information
Project Status
Is the project actively being planned or is deployed in the water (active)? Or was the project canceled or completed (inactive)?
Inactive
Project Life Cycle
Project Progress through life cycle:
- Planned: Project has identified a deployment location and is preparing for deployment
- Operational: Project is deployed in the water and is active
- Completed: Project was previously deployed in the water
- Decommissioned: Installation has been fully removed in accordance with regulations
- Canceled: Project was canceled before being deployed in the water
Completed
Max Rated Power Capacity
The maximum amount of electricity that can be produced by project, based on available resources and device nameplate capacity.
0.25 MW
Operational Start Year
January 2006
Project Duration
2006 - 2006
Energy Resource
- Tidal
Project Scale
Full-scale
Number of Devices
1
Waterbody
Calgary, Alberta
Site Characteristics
Geographic characterization for the project location:
- Open Ocean: Main body of ocean, not enclosed or partially enclosed by land
- Coastal: Open water near the coast, spanning between land and shelf boundary
- Enclosed Bay: water that is partially surrounded by land, with a mouth open to larger water
- Constricted Channel: A channel where water flows quickly due to narrowing by the land
- River: Water flowing from land towards a larger body of water
Constricted Channel
Country
Canada
Last Modified
6 June 2025
Citation Formats
“Bonnybrook.” Marine Energy Projects Database: Projects, PRIMRE, United States Department of Energy, https://openei.org/wiki/PRIMRE/Databases/Projects_Database/Projects/Bonnybrook. Accessed <day> <monthRoman> <year>.
Marine Energy Projects Database: Projects. <year>. "Bonnybrook." Accessed <monthRoman> <day>, <year>. https://openei.org/wiki/PRIMRE/Databases/Projects_Database/Projects/Bonnybrook.
