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Abstract
A multipurpose platform is an offshore system designed to serve the purposes of more than one offshore industry. Indeed, a number of industries have expanded, or are expanding, from onshore to offshore locations, adapting to the harsh environment in order to extract energy (conventional or renewable) or useful materials (deep mining), to produce food (aquaculture), nutraceuticals, and pharmaceuticals (blue biotechnology), to expand the urban areas, or to simply develop the local tourism, to name a few. This process starts to appear like, and certainly has the potential to become, a further `agricultural/industrial revolution', characterised by: (a) a substantial shift from `gathering of resources where available' to the systematic, settled use of the resources offered by the ocean, (b) a shift from offshore facilities of a specific industry operating independently to an `ecosystem' of offshore industrial activities, and (c) the resulting development of new technologies. Expanding the above-mentioned industries towards this new frontier can help to respond to two of the main challenges facing mankind: the sustainable, safe, and reliable production of energy and food, driven by an increasing population and rising prosperity. For these reasons, and also due to the huge potential to create jobs and revenues, many countries around the world are proposing and implementing strategies to develop the so-called Blue Economy.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Renewable Energy from the Oceans |
Subtitle of host publication | From Wave, Tidal and Gradient Systems to Offshore Wind and Solar |
Editors | Domenico Coiro, Tonio Sant |
Place of Publication | Stevenage |
Chapter | 10 |
Pages | 377-396 |
Number of pages | 20 |
Edition | 1st |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781785617676 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 31 Jul 2019 |
Keywords
- multipurpose platform
- offshore industries
- renewable energy
- deep mining
- aquaculture
- blue biotechnology
- marine
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Projects
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The Blue Growth Farm (H2020 SC2)
European Commission - Horizon 2020
1/08/18 → 30/09/21
Project: Research
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INNO-MPP: Investigation of the novel challenges of an integrated offshore multi-purpose platform
Collu, M., Kalathiparambil Abeendranath, A., Xu, X., Leithead, B., Anaya-Lara, O., Yue, H. & Recalde Camacho, L.
3/07/17 → 2/07/20
Project: Research