アメリカメイン州で、初の本格的潮流発電システム ORPC TidGen(TM) POWER SYSTEM 150kW建設プロジェクト開始: ソフトエネルギー

アメリカメイン州で、初の本格的潮流発電システム ORPC TidGen(TM) POWER SYSTEM 150kW建設プロジェクト開始

　オーシャン・リニューアブルパワー Ocean Renewable Power Company（ORPC）社は、メイン州のコブスコック湾において、2009年から、アメリカ最大の潮流発電システムといわれる実証機のテストを重ね、を2010年8月15日に、系統連系のテストも成功させていました。このときの実証機”Energy Tide 2”は60kWの潮流発電機でした。
　

・オーシャン・リニューアブルパワー Ocean Renewable Power Company、アメリカ最大の海流発電プロジェクト実施中-----ソフトエネルギー、2010/11/24

　そして今回、エネルギー省の支援を得て、この７月よりアメリカ初の商業潮流発電所とするべく、ORPC TidGen(TM) POWER SYSTEM 150kWの建設が開始されました。
　すでに、海底に基礎を据え、本格的な建設プロジェクトが開始されています。

TidGen Bottom Support Frame Installation

(oceanrenewablepower, 2012/04/10)

ORPC TGU Installation　(New!)

(oceanrenewablepower,2012/08/23)

プレスリリース / Energy Gov.(DOE),July 24, 2012
・Maine Deploys First U.S. Commercial, Grid-Connected Tidal Energy Project

" Today, Energy Secretary Steven Chu recognized the nation’s first commercial, grid-connected tidal energy project off the coast of Eastport, Maine. Leveraging a $10 million investment from the Energy Department, Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC) will deploy its first commercial tidal energy device into Cobscook Bay this summer. The project, which injected $14 million into the local economy and has supported more than 100 local and supply chain jobs, represents the first tidal energy project in the United States with long-term contracts to sell electricity ? helping to drive American leadership in this innovative clean energy technology and diversify the nation’s energy mix. .......... "

関連
・Maine Public Utilities Commission Approves Long-Term Contract Terms for ORPC’s Maine Tidal Energy Project-----Ocean Renewable Power Company,April 24, 2012

"Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC) announced today that the Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has approved the primary contract terms of power purchase agreements (PPAs) for ORPC’s Maine Tidal Energy Project located in Washington County. The PUC’s order directs the three Maine investor-owned utilities, Bangor Hydro, CMP and Maine Public Service, to negotiate 20-year PPAs with ORPC for the project’s approximately 4-megawatt output based on the approved term sheet. ORPC expects to complete the PPAs in the next several weeks. These will be the first long-term PPAs for tidal energy in the United States.
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・ORPC to Host July 24th Dedication Ceremony for the Cobscook Bay Tidal Energy Project-----Ocean Renewable Power Company,July 24, 2012

"Ocean Renewable Power Company will host a dedication ceremony in Eastport, Maine, tomorrow, Tuesday, July 24, 2012 to celebrate its Cobscook Bay Tidal Energy Project, the first phase of the company’s Maine Tidal Energy Project, and the first commercial, grid-connected ocean energy project in the United States.
.......... "

・ORPC : TidGen(TM) POWER SYSTEM

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