據(jù)海上風能網(wǎng)6月10日報道，近日挪威國家石油公司和英國石油公司在紐約啟動了一個海上風能創(chuàng)新中心（Offshore Wind Innovation Hub），他們表示，該中心將促進與初創(chuàng)企業(yè)的合作，為不斷增長的美國海上風能行業(yè)帶來新的技術(shù)解決方案。

該項目由Equinor牽頭，代表其與bp的50/50合資企業(yè)，是Equinor、紐約坦東工程學(xué)院的城市未來實驗室和由紐約市經(jīng)濟發(fā)展公司支持的國家海上風能研發(fā)聯(lián)盟三年合作的結(jié)果。

Equinor在一份新聞稿中表示，新的創(chuàng)新中心將利用城市未來實驗室的成功，促進和幫助啟動清潔技術(shù)初創(chuàng)企業(yè)，促進與國際孵化器社區(qū)的合作，培養(yǎng)加速海上風能發(fā)展的試點和示范項目。

該創(chuàng)新中心將創(chuàng)建一個物理位置，在那里他們將為初創(chuàng)公司舉辦教育規(guī)劃、研討會和課程，以及網(wǎng)絡(luò)機會，該中心還將作為行業(yè)創(chuàng)新生態(tài)系統(tǒng)的中心。

在接下來的幾個月里，這兩家合作伙伴將準備一份申請文件，以尋找擁有能夠應(yīng)對美國海上風電挑戰(zhàn)的技術(shù)的初創(chuàng)企業(yè)。一旦被選中，這些初創(chuàng)企業(yè)將獲得UFL和NOWRDC的支持和規(guī)劃，并有可能成為Equinor的合作伙伴。

該創(chuàng)新中心將位于Equinor和bp在日落公園的新項目辦公室附近，該園區(qū)是這兩家公司大規(guī)模海上風力業(yè)務(wù)的基地，包括816兆瓦的Empire Wind1號、1.2吉瓦的Empire Wind2號和1.2吉瓦的Beacon Wind1號項目。

郝芬 譯自 海上風能網(wǎng)

原文如下：

Equinor and BP Launch Offshore Wind Innovation Hub in New York

Equinor and BP have launched an Offshore Wind Innovation Hub in New York that they say will facilitate partnerships with start-ups that bring new technological solutions to the growing US offshore wind industry.

The initiative is being led by Equinor on behalf of its 50/50 joint venture with BP and is a result of a three-year partnership between Equinor, the Urban Future Lab (UFL) at the NY Tandon School of Engineering, and the National Offshore Wind R&D Consortium (NOWRDC), backed by the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC).

“The new Innovation Hub will leverage the success of the Urban Future Lab in promoting and helping the launch of cleantech start-ups, fostering collaboration with the international incubator community to cultivate pilots and demonstration projects that accelerate advances in offshore wind”, according to a press release from Equinor.

The Innovation Hub will create a physical location where they will host educational programming, workshops, and curricula for the startups, as well as networking opportunities, and the hub will also serve as a centre for the industry’s innovation ecosystem.

In the next months, the partners will prepare a call for applications to find start-ups with technologies tackling challenges in front of US offshore wind. once selected, the start-ups will then receive support and programming from UFL and NOWRDC, and could potentially become partners of Equinor.

The Innovation Hub will be located adjacent to Equinor and BP’s new project office in Sunset Park that serves as the base for the companies’ large-scale offshore wind operations, including the 816 MW Empire Wind 1, the 1.2 GW Empire Wind 2, and the 1.2 GW Beacon Wind 1 projects.