Grants and Contributions:

Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2018-2019).

The high-energy Bay of Fundy marine environment offers a vast relatively untapped source of renewablex000D
energy in the form of tides. In this context, energy conversion technologies that harvest this energy source arex000D
increasingly coming on-line, and dependable tools that can be used to inspect and interact with submergedx000D
infrastructure over sustained periods are increasingly needed. In the past few years, the Nova Scotia tidalx000D
community has augmented its marine operational capacity, but some unknowns and risks still exist, and thex000D
cost associated with such operations are high. A next step in reducing tidal energy levilized costs is thereforex000D
improving the performance of key installation tools, such as Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs).x000D
Conventional ROVs generally operate in subsurface currents of up to 1.5 m/s. They are thus a key operatingx000D
limitation in the design (and cost) of the marine operations in high flow tidal environment such as the Bay ofx000D
Fundy, where subsurface current speeds reach 5 m/s. Dominion Diving Ltd. now seeks the support of Novax000D
Scotia Community College (NSCC) to investigate the technical feasibility of deploying an ROV, the Cougarx000D
XT 1420 in the Bay of Fundy. The company will then have reliable data to optimize ROV performance for ax000D
set of different operational scenarios. This will give the company the ability to become a global leader in thex000D
use of ROVs in high flow marine environments. The outcome will contribute to bringing the supply of tidalx000D
energy, a clean, predictable and renewable energy source, in line with other energy supply options in Canada.