Yuquot微电网项目的开发商发布了一份信息请求(RFI)，以确定能够与不列颠哥伦比亚省努特卡岛的微电网系统集成的波浪能转换器技术。
项目团队有兴趣与有资质的公司合作，探索将波浪能技术与微电网集成的可行性。
该项目由Mowachaht Muchalat First Nation(MMFN)所有，已聘请Barkley project Group(BPG)发布RFI，该RFI在2023年4月14日之前一直开放申请。
与合格的公司和专业人员合作对于确定项目的最终范围至关重要，包括波浪能转换器(WEC)技术提供商在项目团队中的作用;影响系统设计的微电网集成考虑因素;以及微电网发电组件，包括类型、数量和规模。
通过本RFI流程获得的任何有关兴趣和资格的信息可用于告知潜在的征求建议书(RFP)的结构并生成候选名单。
这包括但不限于项目交付方法、最低受访者资格和经验、技术规范、预算和绩效预期。
RFI表示：“这份文件旨在确定受访者参与加拿大西部第一波能源项目的机会。参与该项目的人可以将自己定位为行业领导者，同时为加拿大各地未来的项目设定优先顺序。”。
Yuquot微电网项目是一项由土著人主导的清洁能源倡议，将为Yuquot偏远的离网社区提供可靠的可再生能源
该社区的设施目前单独提供柴油发电机和/或光伏和电池存储服务。
原文如下：
The developers of the Yuquot Microgrid Project have issued a Request for Information (RFI) to determine wave energy converter technologies that are capable of integrating with a microgrid system at Nootka Island in British Columbia.
The project team is interested in engaging with qualified firms to explore the feasibility of integrating wave energy technologies with the microgrid.
The project, owned by Mowachaht Muchalaht First Nation (MMFN), has engaged Barkley Project Group (BPG) to issue the RFI, which remains open for applications until April 14, 2023.*
Engaging with qualified firms and professionals is essential to determining the final scope of the project including the role of the wave energy converter (WEC) technology provider within the project team; microgrid integration considerations that impact system design; and microgrid generation components including type, quantity, and scale.
Any information obtained through this RFI process regarding interests and qualifications may be used to inform the structure, and generate the shortlist for, a potential Request for Proposal (RFP).
This includes but is not limited to the project delivery method, minimum respondent qualifications and experience, technical specifications, budgeting, and performance expectations.
“This document intends to identify the opportunity for Respondents to be involved in Western Canada’s first wave energy project. Those engaged in the project could position themselves as industry leaders, while setting a precedence for future projects alike, across Canada,” the RFI states.
The Yuquot Microgrid Project is an Indigenous-led clean energy initiative that will provide reliable and renewable energy to the remote off-grid community of Yuquot
The community’s facilities are currently individually serviced with diesel generators and/or PV and battery storage.
The purpose of the Yuquot Microgrid Project is to develop a central energy generation facility that minimizes reliance on diesel and maximizes the use of renewable energy and storage technologies. The WEC will connect to a microgrid system comprised of solar PV, battery storage, and diesel generation.
To remind, the University of Victoria’s Pacific Regional Institute for Marine Energy Discovery (PRIMED) recently secured C$1 million ($730,000) for the development of a first of its kind renewable energy microgrid incorporating a wave energy device at Yuquot on Nootka Island.
