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The current status and prospects of Taiwan's marine energy development
Shi-Wei Huang 1*
1 Taiwan Institute of Economic Research, Associate Researcher
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Abstract:
Marine energy has many forms, including traditional offshore energy resources and renewable energy. The former are oil and natural gas; the latter are offshore wind power, tidal currents, wave energy, and ocean thermal energy. In response to the policy of sustainable energy transition, as well as improving energy independence and diversity, Taiwan has vigorously invested in the development of renewable energy in recent years. Among them, the offshore wind power should be the top priority and the capacity of the wind farm is expected to 5.7GW by 2025.
The offshore wind power would be one of Taiwan's important sources of new energy in the future. On the other hand, as Taiwan is surrounded by the sea and has abundant marine energy potential, the power generation of wave energy or tidal current is the new chance in future development. With the growing trend to introduce marine energy and the increase in economic activities in the ocean area, it must be paid to such topics as marine space utilization planning, disaster prevention, and marine pollution.
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Keywords: Marine energy, offshore wind power, maritime disasters prevention, marine pollution
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*Corresponding author; e-mail: d23692@tier.org.tw
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2020
Marine Research , ISSN 2709-6629
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