Generate emission-free electricity from river currents and connect directly into existing remote community grids using smart grid technology.

The RivGen Power System is a big step forward for the future sustainability of nearly 2 billion mostly indigenous people worldwide who live in remote, off-grid communities, 700 million of whom currently rely on very expensive, environmentally-risky diesel fuel to power their homes.

This first commercial system will be installed in the Kvichak River at Igiugig, Alaska, summer 2019, and provide electricity to the remote community, offsetting the village’s diesel fuel use by up to one-half and moving it closer to using diesel fuel for emergency backup only.