Figure 70 
PEAK ELECTRIC POWER DEMAND ESTIMATES FOR 1960, 1970, and 1980! 
1960 1970 1980 
Peak Peak Peak Re- Require- 
Demand Demand Demand serves ments 
(MW) (MW) (MW) (MW) (MW) 
UNITED STATES 
Maine ee en ee ee 575 920 1,390 167 1557 
New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, 
Rhode Island, Connecticut 5,820 9,740 15,170 1,820 16,990 
Upper New York State . 4,900 8,800 12,900 1,548 14,448 
CANADA 
New Brunswick 227 520 1,190 178 1,368 
Nova Scotia 258 610 1,460 219 1,679 
TOTAL . . 11,780 20,590 32,110 3,932 36,042 
‘Obtained from the Federal Power Commission and the New Brunswick Electric Power Commission. Peak loads are 
expected to occur in December. 
Source: 
Department of the Interior, The /nternational Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project and Saint John River, 
United States and Canada, Load and Resources Study, Report to Passamaquoddy-Saint John River Study Committee 
(Washington: Department of the Interior, 1961), p. 2. 
b. Future Needs The US. electric power indus- 
try needs economical peak capacity to satisfy 
future demands. In the New England area, the 
Passamaquoddy project, if economically feasible, 
could contribute to peak power needs. Re- 
evaluation of this project should be made, con- 
sidering recreational values. Techniques developed 
by the Atomic Energy Commission in Project 
Plowshare to reduce dam construction costs also 
should be evaluated. 
Recreational aspects of the Passamaquoddy 
Tidal development—Passamaquoddy Bay and 
Cobscook Bay, where the Passamaquoddy Tidal 
Power Project would be located—offer a panorama 
of water and scenic views complemented by the 
Fundy Isles of Campobello, Deer Island, and 
Grand Manan. 
The power project itself would be the principal 
attraction to tourists. Operation of this engineer- 
ing marvel would feature the rise and fall of the 
tides, the impounding of water in two natural 
pools, navigation locks for unrestricted movement 
of boats, emptying and filling gates, and power 
transmission. 
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2. Other Ocean Power 
a. Current Status Several concepts have been 
suggested to harness natural ocean energy of 
waves, currents, thermal gradients, and geothermal 
sites. The best known devices to harness ocean 
energy on a small scale have been in use for 
years—bell buoys and whistle buoys, simple mech- 
anisms that convert ocean wave energy to sound 
energy. A few other small test projects have been 
conducted, but no significant technical break- 
throughs have been accomplished. 
Ocean waves, generated mostly by winds, 
possess tremendous kinetic energy. A four-foot 
wave striking the coast every 10 seconds expends 
more than 35,000 horsepower per mile of coast- 
line, but only an extremely small fraction is 
useable. In an attempt to harness such energy on 
the Algerian coast, waves are funneled through a 
V-shaped concrete structure into a reservoir. Water 
flowing from the reservoir operates a turbine to 
generate power. 
Temperature differences between surface and 
deeper waters are a potential source of energy. 
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