HEIDENHEIM, Germanyand BROSSARD, Quebec, Feb. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --The Voith Group of Companies has acquired Granby, Quebec-based Vortex Hydrosystemes Inc. Founded in 2001, Vortex Hydro offers ...

A device to harvest energy from the St. Clair River — first tested in Port Huron in August 2010 — could be returning to the blue water. Vortex Hydro Energy is about six months into a three-year ...

November 25, 2008 Hydro-power systems are by far the most widely used form of renewable energy on the planet (in 2005 they accounted for an estimated 63% of all electricity produced via renewable ...

PORT HURON (AP) — A project to generate energy from the St. Clair River’s strong current is moving forward with plans to install four energy-harnessing devices in the river this year. Vortex Hydro ...

The strong currents of the area's blue waters will be used for more than sailing, paddling and fishing this summer. Vortex Hydro Energy, a company that has previously studied harnessing the St. Clair ...

Vortex Hydro Energy, a spinout of renewable power research at the University of Michigan, is installilng its first major "hydrokinetic" power generating device in the St. Clair River off Port Huron ...

A bane of Big Oil’s offshore rigs could become a boon for renewable energy. By tapping the natural motion of slow-moving water, a new hydrokinetic generator could open vast new swaths of the ocean for ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Researchers claim to have fashioned a fish-like hydrokinetic scheme that harnesses both fast and slow underwater currents to generate electricity. Called Vivace, for Vortex Induced ...

Hydrokinetic technology targets low-knot water currents that are off-limits to conventional devices. In 1940, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Washington State collapsed due to the effects of Vortex ...

PORT HURON, Mich. (AP) - A project to generate energy from the St. Clair River’s strong current is moving forward with plans to install four energy-harnessing devices in the river this year. Vortex ...