波特兰 - 梅恩的海洋可再生能源公司，开发商里夫根电力系统 - 它说是美洲运行时间最长的河流动力学设备 - 正在向前迈进，在阿拉斯加的库克入口处建造其5毫米潮汐能量飞行员项目。
The firm announced May 25 that it submitted a preliminary permitting application to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which proposes installing the project in Upper Cook Inlet offshore of East Foreland on the west coast of the Kenai Peninsula.
The pilot cost is estimated at $1million to $2 million and projected to rise to between $20 million and $25 million through final design and installation of the first 5 MW, the application notes.
Ocean Renewable Power will collaborate with Homer Electric Association Inc., an Alaska rural electric cooperative that is set to buy tidal energy produced once the project is operational, the firm says..
提出的按ct includes “a tidal current power generation facility" that will use proprietary Turbine Generator Units placed in an array under the water’s surface, the firm's application says. The proposed devices “will convert the energy of tidal current into electrical energy that will be connected to a substation on shore using underwater power and data cables.”
公司首席执行官斯图尔特·戴维斯（Stuart Davies）表示，库克入口是“美国的首要潮汐资源，并利用清洁，可再生，可靠的能源将有助于美国实现其雄心勃勃的清洁能源经济和净零排放的雄心勃勃的目标。”
根据FERC应用程序，在北部库克入口处发现的潮汐范围是北美第二高的潮汐范围。
申请指出：“在Cook Inlet的强大潮汐资源中，ORPC预计每种MW规模的设备每年最多可生产2,700 MWH。”
The project will be developed in a phased approach starting with a single turbine unit test, followed by two additional devices installed for a three-device array, bringing total capacity to 5 MW, the application says, with estimated dimensions of the MW-scale devices at 37.2 meters (122 ft) in width and 21.7 meters (71.2 ft) in height.
Within five years of the pilot, Ocean Renewable Power will determine if the site is suitable for commercial development scaleup to 100 MW, its application notes.
荷马电气协会指出，该项目的强大净计量计划可用于寻求创建可再生项目的个人和企业。新利18备用网址
Brad Janorschke, association general manager, said “In coming years, we anticipate additional opportunities to work with renewable energy companies such as Ocean Renewable Power to diversify and integrate renewable power into [our] power grid."
Nathan Johnson, vice president-development at ORPC, says, "ORPC anticipates the pilot phase of the project, coupled with advancements in manufacturing and the development of a local supply chain, will inform the size and cost of the subsequent commercial scale project."
