Schneider became attracted to river generation because it provides an alternative to diesel fuel for remote communities that cannot easily — or cost effectively — connect to a central grid.

Learn more at https://www.microgridknowledge.com/remote-microgrids/article/21529152/schneider-explores-river-generation-microgrids

“ORPC’s RivGen system has already shown outstanding safety and reliability in Alaska,” said Bibeau. “We look forward to monitoring, testing and validating the system for the Canadian market at the CHTTC. "

Learn more at https://news.umanitoba.ca/rivgen-power-system-launches-at-seven-sisters-falls/

A team of engineers is in Manitoba to test some equipment that could be a game-changer for small, remote communities.

Learn more at https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-river-canada-rivgen-hydrokinetic-turbine-testing-1.6625978

The Canadian Hydrokinetic Turbine Test Center will soon begin testing a marine renewable device that developers hope could provide power to remote communities.

Learn more at https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2088117315955

"Our river-current systems are still capturing that flow of the rivers, but in a free-flowing design. An example of this is ORPC...They have a system that has these blades that we're testing right now in Alaska that show that they're interacting extremely well with salmon populations.”

Learn more at https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a41591317/marine-power-renewable-energy-climate-change/

ORPC has partnered with local communities and businesses in Chile to accelerate the country’s transition from diesel to renewable energy with its marine energy technology.

Learn more at https://www.offshore-energy.biz/orpc-launches-decarbonization-campaign-in-chile/

ORPC and subsidiary ORPC Chile announced today that the company has an agreement with the Municipality of Chile Chico in the Aysén region of Patagonia to install a RivGen® Power System there in 2023.

Learn more at https://electricenergyonline.com/article/energy/category/Generation/52/968973/ORPC-to-Install-Its-First-River-Hydrokinetic-Power-System-in-South-America.html/

ORPC, the Portland-based developer of renewable power systems that generate electricity from river and tidal currents, plans to install a new power system more than 6,400 miles from Maine next year — in Chile.

Learn more at https://www.mainebiz.biz/article/portland-renewable-energy-firm-to-install-power-system-at-other-end-of-the-world/