据OE网站3月5日报道，总部位于英国的波浪能技术公司Mocean Energy和海底电池开发商EC-OG与Chrysaor、Modus、OGTC和贝克休斯合作，为海底设备运行的波浪能可再生能源系统的演示提供资金。这些公司已经向该计划投资了160万英镑。
该项目将演示如何利用波浪发电与水下储能相结合，以经济有效地降低为水下油气生产设备和自主水下航行器提供电力的碳足迹。
OGTC提供的赠款资金与项目合作伙伴的财务和实物捐助相一致。
该演示系统将于2021年7月和8月在位于阿伯丁的EC-OG设施进行陆上测试，并计划在今年晚些时候在海上测试。
该项目延续了早在2020年进行的一项研究，该研究由OGTC提供部分资金，由合作伙伴承担。该研究确定了该设计理念的环境效益，并将用于即将到来的演示项目。
Mocean Energy董事总经理Cameron McNatt在描述该项目时表示，油气业务的脱碳对能源转型至关重要。我们的技术利用海浪产生的可再生能源为水下设备提供低碳能源，包括自动水下航行器（AUV）的回接和未来船队。在这个项目中，我们将在陆上条件下演示wave设备如何向水下设备提供电力和通信。
郝芬 译自 OE
原文如下：
Wave Energy Device to Power Subsea Oil & Gas Equipment. Tests Start in July
UK-based wave power technology company Mocean Energy, and subsea battery developer EC-OG have teamed up with Chrysaor, Modus, OGTC, and Baker Hughes to fund the demonstration of a wave-powered renewable energy system for running subsea equipment. The companies have invested ￡1.6 million into the program.
The program will demonstrate how wave power coupled with subsea energy storage can be used to cost-effectively lower the carbon footprint of providing power to subsea oil and gas production equipment and autonomous underwater vehicles.
Grant funding provided by OGTC has been matched by financial and in-kind contributions from the project partners.
The demonstrator will be tested onshore at EC-OG’s facility in Aberdeen in July and August 2021, with ambitions to test the system at sea later in the year.
The program follows on from an earlier study in 2020, part-funded by OGTC, undertaken by the partners. The study established the environmental benefits of the design concept that will be used for the upcoming demonstration program.
Describing the project, Cameron McNatt, Mocean Energy’s managing director said: "The decarbonization of oil and gas operations is essential for the energy transition. Our technology uses renewable energy from waves to deliver low carbon power for subsea equipment, including tiebacks and future fleets of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV’s). In this program, we will demonstrate – in onshore conditions – how our wave device will deliver power and communication to subsea equipment.”
