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50Maritime Reporter & Engineering News The Power of the TidesAtlantis deploys tidal turbine at EMECNova Scotia is home to one of the most prolific and interesting tidal sites on the planet courtesy of the Bay of Fundy, which has the worlds highest tides and represents a mass of untapped power. The area is the ideal breeding and proving ground for a host of subsea technologies which could help to advance the use and distribution of renewable energy from our tides. Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy ? or FORCE ? is Canadas leading test center for in-stream tidal energy technology, an organization that works with devel- opers, regulators, and researchers to study the potential for tidal turbines to operate within the Bay of Fundy environment. Doug Keefe, Executive Director, FORCE , discussed his organizations initiatives with Maritime Reporter & Engineering News. By Greg Trauthwein