ORPC TidGen Technology

ORPC TidGen Technology



公開日: 2012/12/03

This is a short clip taken from the ORPC TidGen presentation film edited by OREC. This technology was deployed in Cobscook Bay, Maine. As of October 2012, it was providing electricity to the grid. For more information on ORPC and their technologies visit their website, http://www.orpc.co/

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Beta TidGen Project



アップロード日: 2011/06/15

Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC) is a hydrokinetic industry leader developing proprietary power systems and commercial-scale projects that convert tidal, river and deep water ocean currents into clean, reliable, economic supplies of renewable electricity. As a vital next step in commercializing its family of modular power systems, ORPC carried out the Beta Pre-Commercial TidGen™ Power System Project (Beta TidGen™ Project), as described below. The Beta TidGen™ Project is the second tidal energy demonstration project ORPC has successfully implemented. The first, ORPC's yearlong Prototype TGU Demonstration Project in 2008, proved the technical viability of ORPC's proprietary turbine generator unit (TGU), the core component of ORPC's power systems.

In mid-2009, ORPC commenced the Beta TidGen™ Project's design phase, which improved and expanded on the prototype TGU's design to create a complete commercial-scale hydrokinetic power system, the Beta Pre-Commercial TidGen™ Power System (Beta TidGen™ System). In early March 2010, ORPC launched the Beta TidGen™ System—the largest ocean energy device ever deployed in U.S. waters—at the company's FERC-permitted site in Cobscook Bay, adjacent to Eastport and Lubec, Maine. ORPC fully commissioned the system in early August and carried out the project through mid-December 2010.

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TidGen Bottom Support Frame Installation



公開日: 2012/04/10

ORPC's Cobscook Bay Tidal Energy Project. The TidGen™ Bottom Support Frame Installed at our Project Site in Cobscook Bay.

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Cobscook Bay Tidal Energy Project



公開日: 2012/10/24

In 2012, following FERC approval, ORPC began the Maine Tidal Energy Project by installing a commercial TidGen™ Power System in Cobscook Bay. After running and monitoring this initial system for a year, we will install additional power systems over the ensuing three years to increase the project's output to up to 5 megawatts-enough electricity to power 1,200 Maine homes and businesses with clean tidal energy.

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