石油设备网讯 据全球能源新闻网2019年6月2日休斯顿报道，专注于海洋能源项目的Perpetual能源公司日前与美国佛罗里达州大西洋大学的东南国家海洋可再生能源中心(SNMREC)签署了一份谅解备忘录(MoU)，以帮助Perpetual能源公司开发商用洋流能源项目。
这个商用洋流能源项目将利用佛罗里达湾洋流每年45太瓦时的持续可再生能源，并将成为世界上最大的商用洋流能源项目。
谅解备忘录确立了两个实体对项目发展的共同利益和协议。
这个项目的目标是安装数百兆瓦(MWs)的洋流发电设备。发电设备计划安装在海面以下，低于所有远洋船只的最深吃水，并与美国的电力传输系统相连。
这个项目的初始阶段将重点验证发电设备和海底传输设备之间的兼容性，随后预计将安装至多1兆瓦的岸线连接能力，在短短5年内达到多达20兆瓦。
李峻 编译自 全球能源新闻
原文如下：
World's Largest Ocean Current Energy Project On
Oceanbased Perpetual Energy has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Florida Atlantic University’s Southeast National Marine Renewable Energy Center (SNMREC) to assist the company to develop commercial ocean current energy project.
Project to tap into Florida Gulf Stream’s 45 terawatt hours per year of persistent renewable energy and will be the world's largest commercial ocean current energy project.
The MoU establishes a mutual interest and agreement between the two entities for the development of the project.
The goal of the project, which plans to focus on an area off the southeast coast of Florida, will be the installation of hundreds of megawatts (MWs) of ocean current generating equipment. The equipment is planned to be installed below the sea surface, below the deepest drafts of any seagoing vessels, and connected to the U.S. transmission system.
The initial phase of Oceanbased’s project will focus on verifying compatibility between generation and subsea transmission equipment. Installation of up to 1MW of shore-connected capacity is expected to follow, reaching up to 20MW within as few as five years.
