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American Tidal Energy Project ATEP
The American Tidal Energy Project’s (ATEP) objective is to develop an Alaska-based 1 MW to 5 MW tidal site that integrates the best available tidal energy technologies to provide power to the grid and alternative end users. The project aims to involve the Kenai Peninsula community and local environmental stakeholders in the vision and implementation of the project. Initial stages of ATEP are funded in part by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office (DOE WPTO). The Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC) is functioning as a project developer and a potential technology provider.
East Foreland is considered the premier tidal energy development site in the U.S. Measured water velocity at East Foreland can reach up to 4 m/s. ORPC has selected two tidal energy technologies for further development in the project: the Proteus AR Series and the TidGen Power System.
Additional Information
Project Status
Is the project actively being planned or is deployed in the water (active)? Or was the project canceled or completed (inactive)?
Active
Project Life Cycle
Project Progress through life cycle:
- Planned: Project has identified a deployment location and is preparing for deployment
- Operational: Project is deployed in the water and is active
- Completed: Project was previously deployed in the water
- Decommissioned: Installation has been fully removed in accordance with regulations
- Canceled: Project was canceled before being deployed in the water
Planned
Max Rated Power Capacity
The maximum amount of electricity that can be produced by project, based on available resources and device nameplate capacity.
5 MW
Project Start Year
2021
Energy Resource
- Tidal
Project Scale
Full-scale
Grid Connectivity
Grid Connected
Waterbody
East Foreland, Cook Inlet, Alaska
Site Characteristics
Geographic characterization for the project location:
- Open Ocean: Main body of ocean, not enclosed or partially enclosed by land
- Coastal: Open water near the coast, spanning between land and shelf boundary
- Enclosed Bay: water that is partially surrounded by land, with a mouth open to larger water
- Constricted Channel: A channel where water flows quickly due to narrowing by the land
- River: Water flowing from land towards a larger body of water
Constricted Channel
Country
United States
Last Modified
6 June 2025
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“American Tidal Energy Project ATEP.” Marine Energy Projects Database: Projects, PRIMRE, United States Department of Energy, https://openei.org/wiki/PRIMRE/Databases/Projects_Database/Projects/American_Tidal_Energy_Project_ATEP. Accessed <day> <monthRoman> <year>.
Marine Energy Projects Database: Projects. <year>. "American Tidal Energy Project ATEP." Accessed <monthRoman> <day>, <year>. https://openei.org/wiki/PRIMRE/Databases/Projects_Database/Projects/American_Tidal_Energy_Project_ATEP.
