The University of Victoria Pacific Regional Institute for Marine Energy Discovery will develop a first of its kind tidal energy system at Blind Channel Resort on West Thurlow Island, located 35 kilometres northeast of Campbell River.
"The University of Victoria's Blind Channel Test Centre is an innovator in using renewable energy sources like tides, wind and solar, and I'm so pleased to see this partnership and how it's helping communities reduce their carbon footprint and protect our oceans for future generations," she added. The expectation of PRIMES’s project is to support the diversification of B.C.'s marine power sector, create clean-tech jobs, and create innovations that can be adopted by coastal communities around the world to support the transition to clean energy."Innovative renewable energy projects have the potential to change the world and partnerships are the key to making it happen," said Lisa Kalynchuk, vice-president of research and innovation at the University of Victoria.
The nearly 20-year-old PRIMED research lab has been recognized internationally for its work helping off-grid coastal communities and industries find marine renewable energy alternatives to diesel-fuelled power generation.
Taxpayers money for a RESORT.
Diesel generators work wonderfully well. Industry has been using them for decades. Maybe they should look into it.
so we're handing over millions of dollars in renewable research for private resorts.