Vortex Hydro Energy

Vortex Hydro Energy has the exclusive license to commercialize a University of Michigan patented, hydrokinetic power generating device, the VIVACE converter, which harnesses hydrokinetic energy of river/ocean currents. This converter is unlike water turbines as it does not use propellers. VIVACE uses the physical phenomenon of vortex induced vibration in which water current flows around cylinders inducing transverse motion. The energy contained in the movement of the cylinder is then converted to electricity. VIVACE extracts energy from currents as slow as 2 to 3knots, presently off-limits to existing water turbine technology.