Brendan Cahill

Brendan Cahill leads ORPC’s market, business, and project development activities in Europe and other new global markets for the company. He has 15 years of experience in the ocean energy sector with past roles in the public sector, consultancy, and academia. He completed a PhD in ocean energy resource characterization from University College Cork in Ireland and was previously a Fulbright Scholar at Oregon State University in the United States.

Brendan Cahill leads ORPC’s market, business, and project development activities in Europe and other new global markets for the company. He has 15 years of experience in the ocean energy sector with past roles in the public sector, consultancy, and academia. He completed a PhD in ocean energy resource characterization from University College Cork in Ireland and was previously a Fulbright Scholar at Oregon State University in the United States.

Accelerating the Commercialization of Marine Renewable Energy Through Parallel Deployments of Multiple Hydrokinetic Power Systems

This presentation will outline how the technical validation and market uptake of ORPC’s marine hydrokinetic devices are being accelerated through the demonstration of the technology across multiple operating environments and use cases. It will describe how the company’s patented cross-flow hydrokinetic turbine design has been incorporated into a range of power systems covering multiple market applications across river and tidal operating environments. The technology has been advanced through a design and testing pathway that has spanned seventeen system deployments and has culminated in the parallel operation of six devices across four locations in the US and Canada in 2023 and 2024. The presentation will demonstrate how these projects have been delivered, combining internal engineering, development, and operational expertise with partnerships with communities, research organizations, regulators, and suppliers.

The presentation will outline the lessons learned from the installation and operation of ongoing hydrokinetic turbine deployments at four distinct river and tidal environments across North America. It will demonstrate how the performance and survivability of the core technology are being validated across a wide range of challenging conditions, and how operations and maintenance capabilities must be scaled up to manage parallel projects safely and effectively. Furthermore, the data and operating experience generated through these installations are helping to develop the business case for the commercial application of these power systems in providing baseload renewable power to remote and island communities as well as in industrial-scale use cases. Finally, the presentation will share how these projects are helping to accelerate the growth of the installed hydrokinetic device capacity in 2024 and beyond by opening up new project opportunities of greater scale and commercial impact across global markets, including demonstrations in Alaska, on the Mississippi River, in South America, and Europe.

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