Tidal turbines deployed in Irish inlet

ORPC

A marine hydro-kinetic turbine has been deployed in an Irish river for the first time by a North America-based tidal power company.

Working with Queen’s University Belfast, ORPC Ireland has deployed and begun testing the turbine at the Strangford Lough Tidal Test Site in the east of Northern Ireland.

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