Generating Clean Energy from River Currents
ORPC’s Modular RivGen device was developed in part with funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office...
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Overview
ORPC was first in the Americas to deliver power to a utility grid from both a tidal energy and river hydrokinetic project.
ORPC’s Alaska river project in partnership with the remote community of Igiugig features the longest operating marine energy device in all of the Americas. Our Eastport, Maine, test site is one of the premiere locations for tidal energy production in North America. We are innovators who adapt our power systems for solutions in off-grid and on-grid markets.
ORPC’S ECONOMIC IMPACT IS NATIONAL IN SCOPE
ORPC’s installations, suppliers, and research partners span the U.S. including Alaska, resulting in manufacturing, engineering, and science-based jobs, and spending on goods and services. ORPC’s products and services, and the national network with which we partner, are vital components of our nation’s strategy for reliable, resilient and secure electrical infrastructure.
319
Terawatt Hours/Year
total U.S. tidal and river marine energy resource is enough to power 30 million homes, equating to thousands of good jobs; US manufacturing and supply chain economic engine; and sustainable energy solutions for grid resilience and EV charging.
220,000
Alaskans
are hurt economically and environmentally thru dependence on diesel fuel microgrids. Marine energy is a baseload solution enhancing community sustainability.
Zero
Significant environmental effects
noted in more than a decade of global marine energy activity.
IGIUGIG, ALASKA
Community Values
“ORPC has become a trusted partner in our quest for sustainability. To have the means to produce our own energy gives us that much more autonomy.”
ORPC USA IN THE NEWS
CRIMSON tidal energy project enters next phase
The EU-backed CRIMSON project has moved to the next stage with the delivery of new foils for ORPC’s tidal energy...
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Can Mississippi River currents generate zero-carbon electricity? Project aims to find out
ORPC plans to install demonstration projects between Baton Rouge and New Orleans. Learn more at https://www.nola.com/news/environment/can-the-mississippi-river-create-zero-carbon-electricity/article_f45bd2da-eb90-11ed-9f84-3fe0b9ea5deb.html
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Shell Aims to Harness the Power of the Lower Mississippi
ORPC, an internationally recognised marine renewable energy developer whose power systems harness the energy of free-flowing rivers and tides, is...
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