Irish Renewable Energy Technologists Help Power Alaskan Community
10th March 2021
The ORPC RivGen® Power System floating on the Kvichak River in Igiugig, Alaska ahead of installation in August 2019. A second turbine system for this generator is now also being built by EireComposites in Galway, supported by SEAI
An Irish renewable energy consortium that has built the world’s strongest tidal blade has teamed up with an Alaskan community to provide 100 per cent of its electricity needs from its local river.
As Times.ie reports today, technologists based at ÉireComposites in Indreabhán, Connemara are working with US-Irish partners Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC) to build the second of two river energy systems for the residents of Igiugig in Alaska.
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