ORPC
Matthew Barrington worked as a Mechanical Engineer at ORPC from March 2017 to present. Prior to that, they were a Product Development Engineer at Barrington Design and Manufacturing from March 2016 to March 2017. From September 2014 to January 2016, they worked as an Engineer at Racing Surfaces Testing Laboratory. Additionally, they worked as an Engineer at Aer Lingus from June 2012 to December 2012. Their earliest work experience was as a Maintenance Intern at Young Life from May 2010 to August 2010. At Wrigley, they worked as part of the reliability team, where they were involved in a project installing a new automated food processing machine. Matthew traveled overseas to inspect the machine, demonstrated problem-solving skills during the installation, and designed a cleaning manual for the machine. Matthew also planned and installed a rotating table for efficient material handling and installed CCTV cameras to detect and address a costly fault.
Matthew Barrington has a Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Institute of Technology, Carlow. Matthew obtained this degree between the years 2008 and 2012. Following this, they pursued a Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) degree in Energy Systems Engineering at University College Dublin between 2013 and 2014.
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ORPC
ORPC power systems generate baseload renewable electricity from rivers and tidal streams without impounding or restricting the flow of water in any way. ORPC’s RivGen® Power System is in its fourth year of operation in the remote community of Igiugig, Alaska. When this project is completed in 2023, ORPC power systems will combine with batterystorage and a smart microgrid controller to form Igiugig’s local microgrid, moving the existing diesel generators to a back-up role, and enabling the community to turn off its diesel generators between 60% and 90% of the time.Over 700 million people globally rely on highly-pollutive diesel generators to meet their electricity needs, and an additional billion people do not have access to electricity at all. ORPC’s integrated solution in Igiugig is a replicable model for remote communities around the world. With outreach from over 42 countries about the RivGen Power System, ORPC will deploy its first power systems in Canada and Patagonia, Chile, over the next 12 months. Based in Portland, Maine, ORPC also has offices in Anchorage, Montreal and Dublin, and an affiliate in Punta Arenas, Chile. Its 37-member staff has the capability to handle every aspect of the project development process from site assessment to permitting to installation and post-installation maintenance.