Tidal energy group awaits decision on project grant
Ocean Renewable Power Company's TidGen Power System being tested in Maine last summer.
Learn more at https://www.kdll.org/local-news/2025-02-14/tidal-energy-group-awaits-decision-on-project-grant
Ocean Renewable Power Company's TidGen Power System being tested in Maine last summer.
Learn more at https://www.kdll.org/local-news/2025-02-14/tidal-energy-group-awaits-decision-on-project-grant
ORPC recently filed a draft pilot license application for a tidal energy project site near Nikiski.
Learn more at https://www.homernews.com/news/marine-energy-developer-pursues-cook-inlet-tidal-project/
Following “promising” research on the Mackenzie River, or Deh Cho, Big River Service is working to advance a project that could harness the power of the mighty river to provide clean energy.
Learn more at https://cabinradio.ca/261386/news/dehcho/fort-providence/big-river-ready-for-next-stage-of-hydrokinetic-project/
A project that would generate hydroelectricity for Fort Providence, N.W.T., using a submersible turbine in the Mackenzie River instead of a dam will receive just under $600,000 to fund the project's next stage: data collection.
Learn more at https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/mackenzie-river-submersible-turbine-data-collection-funding-1.7649834
U.S.-based ORPC has submitted a draft pilot license application to FERC for its East Foreland Tidal Energy Project in Cook Inlet, Alaska. The site has been identified as having the highest tidal energy potential in the U.S.
Learn more at https://www.offshore-energy.biz/orpc-files-draft-license-for-alaska-tidal-energy-project/
The quest to make Eastport energy resilient has put the city at the forefront of Maine’s renewable energy transition and made it a leader in energy independence work for remote communities in the state and beyond.
Learn more at https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/12/26/science/uss-easternmost-city-could-become-model-renewable-energy-future/
How ORPC Uses Advanced Simulation to Bring Efficient Tidal and River Energy to Remote Communities
Learn more at https://rescale.com/blog/harnessing-the-power-of-rivers-and-tides-a-conversation-with-orpc-on-renewable-energy-innovation/
Deployment of CFRP turbine technology to Strangford Lough will provide insight into blade and rotor performance, predictive maintenance and grid-scale benefits of tidal energy using real tide conditions.
Learn more at https://www.compositesworld.com/news/orpc-ireland-queens-begin-x-flow-project-for-hydrokinetic-turbine-testing
ORPC Ireland and Queen’s University Belfast (QUB) have announced the successful deployment and commencement of testing of a next generation marine hydrokinetic turbine at the Strangford Lough tidal test site.
Learn more at https://afloat.ie/marine-environment/power-from-the-sea/item/65240-next-generation-marine-turbine-deployed-at-strangford-lough
ORPC Ireland has deployed and started real-sea testing of a next-generation marine hydrokinetic turbine at Northern Ireland’s Strangford Lough tidal test site.
Learn more at https://www.offshore-energy.biz/orpc-ireland-kicks-off-real-sea-testing-of-tidal-turbine-in-northern-ireland/