The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected two marine energy projects to receive $6 million for the development of a tidal energy research, development, and demonstration pilot site.
Learn more at https://www.offshore-energy.biz/us-doe-allocates-6-million-for-development-of-tidal-energy-demo-pilot-site/
In support of the President’s Investing in America agenda, the Department of Energy (DOE) today announced two innovative marine energy projects will receive a combined $6 million to develop a tidal energy research, development, and demonstration pilot site in the United States.
Learn more at https://www.energy.gov/articles/biden-harris-administration-invests-nearly-16-million-advance-marine-energy-us-1
The Crimson marine project is working on hydrokinetic turbines that can produce clean energy at a reduced cost.
Learn more at https://www.siliconrepublic.com/machines/ireland-marine-turbine-crimson-project-galway
Switching from prepreg to RTM led to significant time and cost savings for the manufacture of fiberglass struts and complex carbon fiber composite foils that power ORPC’s RivGen systems.
Learn more at https://www.compositesworld.com/articles/preview/8441a876-1a79-40c5-bfbe-e079088ce1ff
The tidal energy industry has been picking up steam over the past 20 or years or so, offering the promise of zero emission electricity from the natural, predictable, relentless, and infinite motion of the tides.
Learn more at https://cleantechnica.com/2023/10/27/a-giant-wave-of-tidal-energy-is-coming-for-your-diesel-generators/
The Portland company harnesses the power of moving water to provide renewable energy. The project in the Mississippi is expected to bring visibility to the hydrokinetic technology pioneered by ORPC.
Learn more at https://www.pressherald.com/2023/10/24/portland-renewable-power-company-enters-deal-with-shell-on-mississippi-river-project/
U.S.-based marine energy technology developer ORPC has signed a contract with Shell Technology – Marine Renewable Program for the purchase of two next-generation Modular RivGen devices that will be deployed as a technology demonstration at a Shell facility on the Lower Mississippi River in 2024.
ORPC’s Modular RivGen device was developed in part with funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO). Watch this video to get an inside look at its recent deployment in Millinocket, Maine.
Learn more at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvSxcHCm1uM
The EU-backed CRIMSON project has moved to the next stage with the delivery of new foils for ORPC’s tidal energy turbine.
Learn more at https://www.offshore-energy.biz/crimson-tidal-energy-project-enters-next-phase/
ORPC plans to install demonstration projects between Baton Rouge and New Orleans.