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Offshore Engineering Center at the MTIC officially began construction for a national test field

In 2017, approved and promoted by the government, the“Maritime Technology Innovation Center (MTIC)”at Xing Da Harbor Kaohsiung which is one of the forward-looking infrastructures plans for green energy construction, the PhaseⅠhas officially started operation since January 2021. The PhaseⅡof Offshore Engineering Center, as one of key facilities for the development of marine engineering technology, which has based on the standard of international benchmarking laboratory as a deep-water basin with 36 meters in length, 30 meters in width, and 0~10 meters in depth with the equipment that of making wind, wave and flow to simulate the circumstances of offshore wind field in Taiwan in order to speed up the development of offshore engineering technology. On April 27th, Yi-Ling Chen, the Chief Secretary of Ministry of Economic Affairs, served as the Chief priest at the ceremony of breaking the ground with spade, together with Chi-Mai Chen, Mayor of Kaohsiung City Government, Cheng-Wei Yu, the Director General, of Bureau of Energy and other distinguished guests. As these invited guests participated in the ceremony of the breaking the ground with spade of Offshore Engineering Center, together they witnessed the start of the construction of the first national simulated real sea field.

In response to the policy of the "4-year wind energy generation plan", the Ministry of Economic Affairs will complete the 5.7GW offshore wind power capacity target by 2025. As an important industrial zone, Kaohsiung has a complete industrial supply chain, combined with the advantages of developed port transportation, it definitely has the potential to develop offshore wind related industries. Making a good use of the inherent environmental advantages of Xing Da Harbor Kaohsiung and the abundant resources of surrounding academic and research institutions, it is more likely to attract domestic and foreign offshore wind energy industries. In addition, combine with local resources and local characteristics to make local industrial transformation more valuable. Also, to strengthen local employment, cultivate offshore wind energy professionals, form a new marine industry cluster, and expand will enhance Taiwan’s influence and popularity in the global marine technology industry.

Chiu-Feng Lin, the President of Metal Industries Research & Development Centre (MIRDC), pointed out that in line with the development of Taiwan's offshore wind energy policy, and with the goal of enhancing the overall domestic offshore engineering technology capability, the Executive Yuan has allocated about NT$1.1 billion for the first and second phases of forward-looking green energy infrastructures construction. In the Maritime Technology Innovation Center (MTIC), it was planned to build the first domestic deep-water basin simulated the real sea area which was originally expected to be completed in July 112. Since 2018, after many cross-unit consultations and integration promotion, under the guidance of all levels of chiefs, local legislators and councilors, the construction of the Phase II Offshore Engineering Center would be launched by 2020. In addition to the main deep-water basin, the center's important facilities include double side flip-flap wave generator, which generates a maximum wave height of 0.5m; the external circulation type 6-layer current generator also generates two-dimensional current profile; and the movable range is 0 ~10m water depth movable floor, and wind-mimic equipment. In the future the Offshore Engineering Center will provide multi-functional industrial services, including real sea area simulation test of the scale model can provide diver training, pilot training of underwater vehicle, underwater instrument testing or calibration, underwater structure testing or maintenance simulation training, etc. Combining more domestic and foreign academic and research capabilities, the center will continue to expand the potential application areas of deep-water basin, including renewable energy, maritime engineering, ocean instruments, offshore structures, security defenses, and academic research, so as to leverage the benefits of national R&D facilities in order to reach the goal of accelerating the development of domestic industries.
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