ORPC Solutions Engaged for Resolute Marine Energy's Yakutat Wave Energy Project
Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC) and Resolute Marine Energy (RME) are pleased to announce that ORPC Solutions, ORPC’s wholly-owned services subsidiary, will be providing project management and regulatory affairs services to RME's Yakutat Wave Energy Project in Yakutat, ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥.
Beginning in 2015, RME plans to help Yakutat reduce its reliance on diesel fuel by installing its SurgeWECTM wave energy convertors at an ocean site a short transmission distance from the existing Yakutat Power municipal power grid. RME has obtained a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission preliminary permit for the site and is now working with a wide range of regulatory agencies to obtain data that will be included in a formal license application to the commission. ORPC Solutions will assist RME by providing project management and regulatory affairs services utilizing personnel from ORPC’s Anchorage, ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ and Portland, Maine offices.
The Yakutat Wave Energy Project is a collaborative effort of RME, ORPC, the City and Borough of Yakutat, the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Energy Authority, ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Center for Energy and Power at the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ and many other state and federal agencies.
To learn more about ACEP’s Yakutat Wave Energy Project and other projects for the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Hydrokinetic Energy Research Center, contact Jeremy Kasper, jlkasper@alaska.edu or go to .
Photo courtesy of J. Kasper, INE/UAF.