Constantly pushing the boundaries of innovation, ORPC brings marine renewable energy technology and project development solutions to its community and industrial partners.
Company director Stuart Davies will become head of the renewable energy company following co-founder Chris Sauer's retirement on Jan. 20....
One of Portland’s most well-known entrepreneurs has announced his retirement, just months after helping his energy company land $11 million ......
Maine-based ORPC has closed on commitments for $7.5 million in private equity, allowing it to expand its business development and sales focu......
Portland’s Ocean Renewable Power Co. won a nearly $4 million federal grant to advance its technology to harness power from rivers....
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today announced that the Dept, of Energy is awarding ORPC a grant of $3,875,859 to develop innovativ......
Residents of Igiugig, a Native village far from roads and off the grid, have tried for years to wean themselves off the diesel that fuels th......
In June 2019, the tiny southwestern Alaska village of Igiugig became the first U.S. tribal entity to receive a Federal Energy Regulatory Com......
A surge of funding is breathing new life into a tidal energy project in False Pass. Last month, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of En......
When you see it floating in the water, you do a double take. The RivGen is an odd looking contraption with giant pontoons and underwater tur......
Residents of Igiugig and other remote areas are struggling with the effects of state government budget cuts from Dunleavy’s line-item vetoes....
This week the Igiugig Village Council and Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC) celebrated the launch of the RivGen® Power System, a unique s......
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A tiny Native village in southwest Alaska has turned to an emerging technology to transform the power of a local ri......
A small Southwest Alaska village is trying to integrate the power of an iconic Alaska river into its electric grid without interfering with ......
ORPC, a marine energy company based in Portland, racked up three big wins this month that significantly advance the commercialization of its......
Grant will fund research to develop marine renewable energy project being developed to support rural communities worldwide....
U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski R-Alaska, announces today the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has approved the final installation an......
ÉireComposites has completed the turbines for ORPC’s commercial RivGen Power System slated for installation in the Kvichak River, Igiugig, A......
Two Maine companies are finding success in raising capital via online equity crowdfunding platforms....
Power-generating technology piloted in Washington County will soon provide a commercial source of electricity in Alaska....
ORPC has been awarded funding to research a community-scale tidal power/ energy storage system using data from False Pass, Alaska, to develo......
ORPC Canada met with Allison Areias Vogel, U.S. Consul General in Quebec City, to discuss our shared interest in bringing clean, reliable an......
Inside Maine host Marty Grohman’s interview with ORPC's Chris Sauer...
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To help achieve our mission of improving people’s lives and their environment through sustainable energy solutions, ORPC, Inc., is raising g......
Humanity Is Productions' Clara Ritger was in Maine earlier this week to film interviews with Cian Marnagh and John Ferland, and visit our ne......
ORPC is progressing with the manufacture of its RivGen power system at Brunswick Landing in Maine, bound for Igiugig, Alaska....
ORPC has had the great fortune of working with Gayle and her students to establish industry-leading science for the marine renewable energy ......
The U.S. Department of Energy awarded the Igiugig Village Council $2.3 million for the continued development of a hydrokinetic system design......
The Igiugig Village Council has submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) a final pilot license application for the hydro......
Igiugig Village Council announced it submitted final pilot license application for the Igiugig Hydrokinetic Project…...
We enjoyed catching up with Ernest Moniz at the New England-Canada Business Council Energy Conference in Boston last week!...
TidGen® tidal array issued statement of feasibility as part of certification process...
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