Nation’s Largest Ocean Energy Device Produces Power in Maine Waters

The website www.renewableenergyworld.com reports on the successes of a UMaine project in Cobscook Bay near Eastport, Maine. Ocean Renewable Power Company, which has partnered with UMaine on the project, announced Aug. 18 that its Beta Power System, the largest ocean energy “power plant” ever installed in U.S. waters, has successfully generated grid-compatible power from tidal currents at the Eastport site. UMaine researchers, led by Gayle Zydlewski, Ph.D., are supervising the program, which incorporates state-of-the-art visual and acoustic monitoring technology.