據(jù)離岸工程網(wǎng)站6月26日消息 海洋能源技術(shù)開發(fā)商海洋動力技術(shù)公司（OPT）已經(jīng)推出了名為混合動力浮標(biāo)（PowerBuoy）的最新產(chǎn)品，擴(kuò)大了產(chǎn)品范圍。

混合動力浮標(biāo)是一種浮標(biāo)，為水下和平臺上部應(yīng)用、數(shù)據(jù)通信和1.5兆瓦時的標(biāo)稱能量儲存提供遠(yuǎn)程動力。

雖然OPT以其系泊浮式浮標(biāo)（如OPT PB3動力浮標(biāo)）而聞名，但這種浮標(biāo)是一種混合型浮標(biāo)，這意味著它不一定依賴波浪發(fā)電，因為它利用太陽能電池板和斯特林備用發(fā)動機(jī)為上部或水下有效載荷提供動力。

OPT表示，這種混合動力浮標(biāo)可以用于監(jiān)測、監(jiān)視、海底充電以及連接包括石油和天然氣、科學(xué)和研究、水產(chǎn)養(yǎng)殖和電信在內(nèi)的近海工業(yè)。

OPT表示：“在計劃于今年春天對混合動力浮標(biāo)進(jìn)行開水試驗之前，正在與潛在的客戶進(jìn)行討論。”

OPT總裁兼首席執(zhí)行官George Kirby表示：“我們的團(tuán)隊設(shè)計這款產(chǎn)品是為了滿足眾多潛在客戶表達(dá)的海上電力需求。混合動力浮標(biāo)為我們提供了額外的靈活性，為世界各地的地點設(shè)計經(jīng)濟(jì)高效的電力和通信解決方案。”

George Kirby 補(bǔ)充說：“我們所有的客戶都致力于減少溫室氣體排放，提供的解決方案主要包括太陽能和丙烷燃料的備用電源，進(jìn)一步減少了我們客戶的碳足跡。在整個開發(fā)過程中，我們一直與客戶進(jìn)行的討論表明，我們對混合動力浮標(biāo)的性能有著真正的預(yù)期。”

浮標(biāo)發(fā)電獨立于波浪活動產(chǎn)生，公司認(rèn)為這使其成為在極端天氣和大浪或平靜、低波浪環(huán)境（包括近岸和內(nèi)陸水體）中發(fā)電的理想解決方案。

吳恒磊 編譯自 離岸工程

原文如下：

Ocean Power Technologies Launches Hybrid PowerBuoy

Ocean Power Technologies, an ocean energy technology developer, has expanded its offering with the latest product called the hybrid PowerBuoy.

The hybrid PowerBuoy is a buoy that offers remote power for subsea and topside applications, data communications, and a nominal 1.5-megawatt-hours of energy storage.

While OPT is known for its moored floating buoys - such as OPT PB3 PowerBuoy - that harvest and store wave energy, this buoy is a hybrid, meaning it doesn't necessarily depend on waves to generate power, as it utilizes solar panels and a Stirling backup engine to power topside or subsea payloads.

OPT said that the hybrid Powerbuoy can be used for monitoring, surveillance, subsea charging, and connectivity for offshore industries including oil and gas, science and research, aquaculture, and telecommunications.

"Discussions are underway with prospective launch customers in advance of open water testing of the hybrid PowerBuoy planned for this spring," OPT said.

“Our team designed this product to meet the offshore power needs expressed by numerous potential customers,” said George Kirby, OPT President and Chief Executive Officer. "The hybrid PowerBuoy provides us with additional flexibility in designing cost-effective power and communications solutions for locations around the world."

“All of our customers are focused on reducing greenhouse gasses,” Kirby added. “Offering a solution that incorporates primarily solar with propane-fueled backup power further reduces our customers’ carbon footprint. The discussions we’ve been having with customers throughout development have shown real anticipation for the capabilities of the hybrid PowerBuoy.”

The buoy generates power is generated independently of wave activity which the company believes makes it an ideal solution for powering through extreme weather and heavy seas or in calm, low wave environments, including near-shore and inland bodies of water.