TidGen: Permits for Installation of Single Turbine Test System, Cobscook Bay, Maine

This is a summary of permits required and obtained for installation, operation, removal of the TidGen Single Turbine Test system in Cobscook Bay, May in 2023. The Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC) worked with federal and state entities to gain required permits and approvals that allowed for short term, non-grid connected testing of the TidGen Single Turbine System (STS) at ORPC's established test site in Cobscook Bay, Maine. A list of the required permits and approvals garnered for project testing as well as notifications relayed to local area stakeholders prior to the start of testing are summarized here.