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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...