據海上風能網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新中心（Offshore Wind Innovation Hub），他們表示，該中心將促進與初創企業的合作，為不斷增長的美國海上風能行業帶來新的技術解決方案。

該項目由Equinor牽頭，代表其與bp的50/50合資企業，是Equinor、紐約坦東工程學院的城市未來實驗室和由紐約市經濟發展公司支持的國家海上風能研發聯盟三年合作的結果。

Equinor在一份新聞稿中表示，新的創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初創企業，促進與國際孵化器社區的合作，培養加速海上風能發展的試點和示范項目。

該創新中心將創建一個物理位置，在那里他們將為初創公司舉辦教育規劃、研討會和課程，以及網絡機會，該中心還將作為行業創新生態系統的中心。

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，以尋找擁有能夠應對美國海上風電挑戰的技術的初創企業。一旦被選中，這些初創企業將獲得UFL和NOWRDC的支持和規劃，并有可能成為Equinor的合作伙伴。

該創新中心將位于Equinor和bp在日落公園的新項目辦公室附近，該園區是這兩家公司大規模海上風力業務的基地，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

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.