USA: ORPC Starts Installation of TidGen™ Power System

ORPC recently announced that it will begin the installation of its first grid-connected, Commercial TidGen™ Power System at a 60-acre site in Cobscook Bay near Seward Neck, Lubec.

The Company hopes to begin on-water deployment of its Cobscook Bay Tidal Energy Project around March 7 following issuance of a license by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

ORPC’s TidGen™ Power System, designed to generate electricity at water depths of 50 to 100 feet, is used at shallow tidal and deep river sites. In this system, groups of TGUs connect directly to an on-shore substation through a single underwater transmission line. The TidGen™ Power System is larger and more powerful than the RivGen™ Power System, with each TGU generating up to 150 kW in a 6-knot water current.

[mappress] Offshore WIND staff, February 28, 2012; Image: ORPC