Washington’s Department of Commerce has rescinded a $1.37 million conditional grant for a tidal energy project in Puget Sound following objections from multiple tribal nations.
The project, led by Dehlsen Associates’s subsidiary Aquantis, proposed testing a marine turbine for three months in the Similk and Skagit Bay area near the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community. The turbine route would have crossed or impacted treaty-protected waterways used by at least 10 Salish Sea-area tribes, including the Makah and Lummi Nation.