雪佛龍科技投資公司首次涉足近海風(fēng)能領(lǐng)域

　　據(jù)世界石油4月14日消息稱，雪佛龍的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)投資公司和莫雷爾德海洋風(fēng)能公司同意投資Ocergy公司的海上浮式風(fēng)力渦輪機(jī)的開發(fā)和商業(yè)化。

　　雪佛龍科技投資公司的這一投資是其在海上風(fēng)電領(lǐng)域的首次投資。這些投資的規(guī)模沒有披露。浮動(dòng)式渦輪機(jī)在那些對(duì)固定渦輪機(jī)來說太深的海域是有用的。

　　Wood Mackenzie公司高級(jí)分析師Anthony Logan說：“據(jù)我所知，這是美國石油巨頭在海上風(fēng)能領(lǐng)域的第一筆投資。”

　　Logan說，隨著美國電網(wǎng)越來越依賴海上風(fēng)力發(fā)電，浮動(dòng)風(fēng)力渦輪機(jī)將變得越來越重要。Logan說：“如果您能進(jìn)入更深的海域，你就有可能建立一個(gè)海上風(fēng)力生產(chǎn)系統(tǒng)，而這個(gè)系統(tǒng)在低風(fēng)或無風(fēng)情況下不會(huì)受到影響?！?/span>

　　Ocergy在周二的一份新聞稿中表示，這筆投資還將資助一個(gè)環(huán)境監(jiān)測浮標(biāo)的開發(fā)，該浮標(biāo)將收集數(shù)據(jù)，支持生物多樣性。該公司此前曾投資陸上風(fēng)力發(fā)電。莫雷爾德公司隸屬于專門從事歐洲可再生能源的私募股權(quán)投資公司HitecVision。

　　雪佛龍與Ocergy的交易并不標(biāo)志著可再生能源的戰(zhàn)略轉(zhuǎn)向，而是一項(xiàng)每年投資3億美元的早期技術(shù)計(jì)劃的一部分，這些技術(shù)可能在未來的能源轉(zhuǎn)型中發(fā)揮作用。該公司不愿意在不熟悉的業(yè)務(wù)領(lǐng)域大舉投資，從而降低回報(bào)率，因?yàn)樗谶@些領(lǐng)域沒有競爭優(yōu)勢，并將石油和天然氣視為未來一年的核心產(chǎn)品。

　　曹海斌 摘譯自 世界石油

　　原文如下：

　　Chevron Technology Ventures takes first foray into offshore wind energy

　　Chevron’s venture capital arm and Moreld Ocean Wind agreed to invest in Ocergy Inc.’s development and commercialization of floating offshore wind turbines.

　　The investment by Chevron Technology Ventures is its first in offshore wind. The size of the investments weren’t disclosed. Floating turbines would be useful in ocean areas that are too deep for fixed turbines.

　　“To my knowledge, this is the first investment by a U.S. oil major in offshore wind,” said Anthony Logan, a senior analyst at Wood Mackenzie Ltd.

　　Floating wind turbines will become important as the U.S. electrical grid increasingly depends on offshore wind power, Logan said. “If you can get into those deeper waters, chances are you can build a system of offshore wind production that isn’t vulnerable to low wind or no-wind events,” said Logan.

　　The investment will also fund the development of an environmental monitoring buoy that will gather data and support biodiversity, Ocergy said in a news release Tuesday. The company has previously invested in onshore wind. Moreld is owned by HitecVision, a private equity investor that specializes in European renewable energy.

　　Chevron’s deal with Ocergy doesn’t mark a strategic pivot to renewable energy, but part of a $300 million-a-year plan to invest in early-stage technologies that may play a future role in the energy transition. The company is unwilling to erode returns by investing aggressively in unfamiliar business where it doesn’t have a competitive advantage and sees oil and gas as its core products for year to come.