www.abc.net.au
Jan 29, 2010
A Darwin-based company has plans for a tidal power energy project worth up to $900 million in the Clarence Strait between the Northern Territory mainland and the Tiwi Islands. Tenax Energy wants to install up to 450 turbines on the sea floor with an electricity cable running onshore to Glyde Point, to connect to the Darwin-Katherine grid. The company says there is also potential for 7,000 turbines in the Asia-Pacific region, with a possible base in Darwin. The company's director, Alan Major, says he also wants to install turbines at two other sites in Tasmania and Victoria, but the Clarence Strait has the most potential.
"We're in discussions with governments in each of the three locations," he said. "It's just that the Northern Territory is the first and foremost tidal power energy site in Australia. "It's the biggest and it's got the best commercial extraction potential and that's why we're focusing in on the Northern Territory." The company says it will start community consultation in the coming months as part of its environmental impact statement to gain Government approval.
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