Race Rocks Ecological Preserve 2nd Deployment

The second deployment in October 2008 of the Clean Current Turbine (See First Deployment) at Race Rocks featured improvements learned via the first deployment such an improved enclosed bearing system. Such improvements enabled the device to operate for three years onsite until its recovery in March 2011 where significant biofouling was observable on the device. While the system demonstrated its capability to operate for an extended time, its power production was unable to meet Race Rocks demands. As a result Race Rocks invested more into its battery and Solar systems as opposed to further tidal efforts. The device was however marked for its historical precedent as the first tidal turbine operating in Canada. Upon recovery, the device was sent to the Museum of Science and Technology in Ottawa for display.

racerocks.ca

Project Manager

Clean Current

Additional Information

Project Website

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>

Completed

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

.065 MW

Operational Duration

October 2008 - March 2011

Project Start Year

2007

Energy Resource

Tidal

Project Scale

Sub-scale

Number of Devices

1

Grid Connectivity

Grid Connected

Waterbody

Salish Sea,

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

28 July 2025

This Project has the following MRE Devices

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