I recall a day some 8 or 9 years ago standing on a the Barra Strait Bridge in the heart of Cape Breton with Engineers from Schottel Hydro talking about the vision of a tidal energy machine harvesting renewable energy from the Barra Strait.

The arm waving of the day, painted a picture of a device comparable to what is shown in this article.

While the Cape Breton vision for tidal energy never caught traction for lots of reasons, it is very exciting to see that the dreamers never stopped dreaming,..... and diligence and ongoing investment of money, energy and passion carried on.

These key ingredients are needed for advancement of science, business or community endeavors to move forward, (with or against the tide, likely both).

Congratulations Ralf and Schottel for never giving up on the dream..

Maybe someday this technology and approach will make sense, even in Cape Breton.