Quoddy plan revisited

The study, “Maine losing energy edge” (BDN, Oct. 10), missed the point. About 1970, an extensive engineering study showed that a Quoddy tidal hydroelectric power plant in Passamaquoddy Bay was feasible and would generate enormous power. However, a Dickey-Lincoln pump storage hydroelectric dam was required to pump water uphill when tides are flowing, and to deliver power at high and low tide, in order to equalize electric power generation. The Dickey-Lincoln dam was blocked because of its adverse effect on the Allagash wilderness.

A Quoddy tidal hydroelectric power plant would vastly improve the Maine economy, and with its renewable energy would appreciably reduce global warming. Our politicians should take a fresh look at Quoddy.

George Bjornson

Addison and Woburn, Mass.