位于西雅图的初创公司Endurance Energy在太平洋西北部进行了世界首次海底地热发电厂的演示测试1。该3吨重的原型装置于9月部署在轴向海山附近，该海山是距海面约一英里的活跃水下火山1。在为期三周的测试中，该装置生成了少于10秒的净正电力1，验证了在海底火山附近开采地热能的技术可行性。
Endurance Energy创始人兼CEO Andrew Redd指出，深海环境为该技术提供了独特优势1。他表示："深海为我们提供无限的冷海水用于冷却，其重量使系统和油井保持加压状态，所以我们的电厂可以很紧凑"1。该公司计划将这一技术商业化，为太平洋岛屿国家和其他寻求替代进口化石燃料的客户提供服务1。
Endurance Energy, a Seattle-based company, has successfully conducted the world's first demonstration of an underwater geothermal power plant near Axial Seamount in the Pacific Northwest.1 The 3-ton prototype device was deployed for three weeks in September near the active underwater volcano, located approximately one mile below the ocean surface.1 Although the system generated net positive electricity for less than 10 seconds during the test, the results represent a proof of concept for harnessing geothermal energy from submarine volcanic environments.1
The company views the deep ocean as an advantage for its technology, with CEO Andrew Redd explaining that "the deep sea provides us with unlimited supplies of cold seawater for cooling, and its weight keeps the system and wellbore pressurized, allowing our power plant to be very compact."1 Endurance Energy plans to commercialize this technology to serve Pacific island nations and other customers seeking renewable alternatives to imported fossil fuels.1
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