At Small River Sites: ORPC’s RivGen™ Power System

ORPC has designed the RivGen™ Power System to generate electricity at small river sites, particularly in remote communities with no large, centralized power grid. Currently, many of these communities rely on local power distribution grids connected to diesel generators, which leave a huge carbon footprint and are growing increasingly expensive to fuel and operate. The RivGen™ Power System is designed to connect directly into these existing diesel-electric grids, and to provide automatic fuel-switching so that whenever the RivGen™ Power System is generating power, the diesel generator automatically turns down or off. We’ve also designed all system components to fit into standard shipping containers, so that they can arrive onsite ready to install. Depending on community needs and site size, the RivGen™ Power System can include up to several dozen TGUs, with each TGU generating up to 25kW in a 7.5-foot-per-second (2.25 meters/second) current.