Canoe Pass

New Energy, along with its partner, Canoe Pass Tidal Energy Corporation, is in the process of implementing the first grid-connected tidal energy project in Canada. Canoe Pass will include the installation of two 250 kW EnCurrent Power Generation Systems in a single span across the passage. Current plans call for the hydrokinetic equipment to be installed in Q3 of 2010 followed by interconnection to the British Columbia electric grid.

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Project Manager

New Energy Corporation

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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:<ul> <li>Planned: Project has identified a deployment location and is preparing for deployment</li> <li>Operational: Project is deployed in the water and is active</li> <li>Completed: Project was previously deployed in the water</li> <li>Decommissioned: Installation has been fully removed in accordance with regulations</li> <li>Canceled: Project was canceled before being deployed in the water</li></ul>

Canceled

Max Rated Power Capacity The maximum amount of electricity that can be produced by project, based on available resources and device nameplate capacity.

0.5 MW

Project Start Year

2010

Energy Resource

Tidal

Project Scale

Full-scale

Number of Devices

2

Grid Connectivity

Grid Connected

Waterbody

Strait of Georgia

Site Characteristics Geographic characterization for the project location:<ul> <li>Open Ocean: Main body of ocean, not enclosed or partially enclosed by land</li> <li>Coastal: Open water near the coast, spanning between land and shelf boundary</li> <li>Enclosed Bay: water that is partially surrounded by land, with a mouth open to larger water</li> <li>Constricted Channel: A channel where water flows quickly due to narrowing by the land</li> <li>River: Water flowing from land towards a larger body of water</li></ul>

Constricted Channel

Country

Canada

Last Modified

23 June 2025

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