海洋資源利用に関する調査-海上技術安全研究所.PDFVIP

1 Investigation concerning marine resources utilization by Yutaka OHKAWA Ryuzo TAKAI Kiyokazu YAGO Shigesuke ISHIDA Fumitoshi KITAMURA Sadayoshi CHIAKI Kentaroh KOKUBUN Abstract With the growth of world economy and population, especially in developing countries such as China and India, the demand for energy and food is growing rapidly. As a result, the sudden rise of the resource price and the lack of food are feared. In addition, for preventing global warming, it is requested to slough off massive fossil fuel consumption and to expand the utilization of renewable energies, which are the blessings from the sun. To deal with these problems, it is needed to turn our eyes to the ocean where undeveloped resources such as energy, mineral and marine organisms exist. To develop, and to utilize these marine resources, floating structures are indispensable as platforms for those activities. The technology on floating structures and the mooring systems that NMRI has been studying so far can be used for that purpose. However, except offshore oil and natural gas, profitable business model is not proposed for some reasons, e.g. because marine resources are sparsely distributed. In order to make it economically viable, multi-purpose floating structures are expected. And, to propose them, it is necessary to recognize the current state of relating fields of marine resources.