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Vietnam-Taiwan Offshore Wind Energy 2022 Webinar – Agenda

Vietnam is one of the fastest-growing countries in Southeast Asia in terms of GDP, with an annual growth rate of 6.5% to 7%, resulting in an average annual growth of 11% in energy demand. This situation has created many new opportunities for the energy industry, especially renewable energy, to ensure sustainable energy development in the […]

MAMA Biweekly Newsletter – Nov. 25th 2020

Thoughts from CY Huang Taiwan is definitely at the forefront of Asia’s transition towards renewable energy. It passed legislation in 2017 that requires electricity from renewable sources to increase 4% of total generation capacity to 20% by 2025. To achieve the goal, Taiwan has already started work on several offshore wind projects. Until now, it […]

MAMA Biweekly Newsletter – Nov. 11th 2020

  Thoughts from CY Huang Hi, there, Welcome to the first issue of the MAMA newsletter. With these newsletters, we would like to provide you with the latest ocean policy, offshore wind farms related projects and regulations, and breakthrough biotechnology startups in Taiwan. Our goal in producing the biweekly newsletter is to keep our membership […]

[Video] The Opening Ceremony of Mediterranean and Asia Marine Alliance

The Opening Ceremony has attended by about 160 guests from organizations related to ocean affairs including industry, government, academia and research. Yu-Han Tsou – Vice Minister of Ministry of Science and Technology, Yeh, Hsieh-Lung – Director General of Maritime and Port Bureau, Chen, Yeong-Kang, Admiral – Former Vice Minister, Ministry of National Defense, Omer Caspi […]

Trash on ocean floor near Taiwan 1.5 times global average: study

Taipei, Oct. 20 (CNA) The amount of trash found on the ocean floor off the western coast of Taiwan is 1.5 times higher than the global average, and notably greater than that found near Japan, South Korea and China, an environmental consultancy group said Tuesday. In a year-long study from September 2019 to August this […]

‘More Blue’: An Artwork Shows the Sea Changing During Lockdown

A data-driven media installation, created to reflect marine conditions around the world, has altered with the slowing human activity. What impact does human behavior have on the Earth’s waters? Two London-based architects, working with scientists and environmentalists, attempted to create a visual answer to that question for an art exhibition in Italy. Before the coronavirus, […]

WindTech : Digital 15MW Turbine Offers Help In Scaling Up

The US-based National Research Energy Laboratory (NREL) developed its huge 15MW reference wind turbine (RWT) in a collaborative effort conducted under the IEA Wind Task 37 programme. It already had two decades of experience with RWTs, including a widely used 5MW RWT design (see “Simulation” box). The project GitHub repository contains all RWT model data, […]

Offshore Wind Industry

With increased use of offshore wind energy, a new industry sector with a broad spectrum of stakeholders from various industry and service sectors is developing. The value chain extends from turbine planning and financing to production of offshore wind turbines and large components; from transport and erection through to service and maintenance of wind farms. […]

Aquaculture’s Offshore Opportunities

On the final day of the GOAL 2020 Virtual Conference, delegates tuned in to a virtual panel discussion on the future trajectory of the aquaculture industry. For panellists Dick Jones from Blue Ocean Mariculture, Neil Sims from Ocean Era and Philip Schreven from De Maas SMC, aquaculture’s future lies in the open ocean. Why move […]

Could DNA Vaccines Offer Fresh Hope For Global Aquaculture?

So believe the founders of Touchlight Aquaculture, which was established this week in a joint venture between Touchlight Genetics, which specialises in developing DNA vaccines for humans, and Stonehaven Incubate – a company that looks to adapt cutting-edge medical technologies to the animal health sector. The Fish Site caught up with Tommy Duncan, CBO at […]