Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Feng and Li Sijia.
In January this year, the jacket of the second phase of the "Shenhai No. 1" project set sail from Chiwan Port in Shenzhen by barge, and slid into the water in the northern waters of the South China Sea, accurately in place, the jacket 8 legs and 12 skirt piles, equivalent to the weight of more than 4,400 cars, nearly 36 floors of civil housing height, will lift the huge oil and gas production platform on the sea surface.
The jacket of the second phase of the "Shenhai No. 1" project on a barge. Xinhua News Agency.
According to reports, after the second phase of the "Shenhai No. 1" project is fully put into operation, the natural gas reserves of "Shenhai No. 1" can increase from 100 billion cubic meters to 150 billion cubic meters, and the peak annual output will increase from 3 billion cubic meters to 4.5 billion cubic meters, which will continue to provide reliable clean energy for Hainan Free Trade Port and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
At present, the development of marine economy has become an important consensus of the international community as an important engine and new growth point to promote economic growth.
In terms of offshore equipment, on the first day of the New Year in 2024, with a loud whistle, the first domestically produced large cruise ship "Aida Modu" set off from Shanghai Wusongkou International Cruise Port to start its first commercial voyage.
So far, China has successfully picked up the three "crown jewels" of the world's shipbuilding industry - aircraft carriers, large liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers, and large cruise ships. According to the latest data from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, in 2023, China's shipbuilding completion, new orders, and hand-held orders will rank first in the world for 14 consecutive years.
On January 1, the "Aida Modu" docked at the Wusongkou International Cruise Port in Shanghai (drone**) Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Ding Ting.
The ocean contains a huge amount of green and clean energy. In recent years, driven by science and technology, the "green treasure house" of marine energy has been opened at an accelerated pace, from offshore wind, solar and tidal power generation to offshore oil, natural gas and combustible ice mining.
On December 12, 2023, the 1 million kilowatt offshore wind farm in Huizhou Port of China General Nuclear Power Corporation was connected to the grid at full capacity, marking the completion and operation of the first million-kilowatt offshore wind power project in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Gao Ligang, general manager of CGNPC, said that a total of 104 offshore wind turbines will be installed in the project, which can provide about 3 billion kilowatt hours of clean electricity for Guangdong Province every year.
At the same time, a series of new forms of "offshore energy +" integrated development, such as "offshore wind power + hydrogen production" and "offshore photovoltaic + seawater desalination", continue to emerge. In May 2023, the deep-sea floating wind power platform "CNOOC Guanlan" was successfully integrated into the power grid of Wenchang Oilfield Group, marking significant progress in key technologies of China's deep-sea wind power and a key step in offshore oil and gas development into the "green power era".
CGN Huizhou 1 million kilowatt offshore wind farm. Xinhua News Agency.
From modern marine industries such as clean energy development and marine ranch construction, to emerging technologies such as offshore carbon dioxide sequestration and seawater desalination, to solutions such as green ports and marine ecological restoration, ......A series of marine science and technology innovations continue to empower China's economy.
On February 3 this year, CNOOC Guangdong Dapeng Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Terminal Cold Energy Aquaculture Demonstration Project was launched, which combines green energy with marine aquaculture innovation, and the green energy base has become a "blue granary" and "marine ranch".
Looking for the sound of the water flowing into the sea, passing through a metal pipe frame and concrete gas tank, high-value seafood such as red spotted grouper, wrinkled abalone, and lobster, which prefer low-temperature seawater, have an "air-conditioned room" by the sea.
Hao Yunfeng, President of Guangdong Dapeng LNG, said that after the exchange of heat between LNG and seawater, the temperature of seawater will be reduced by about 5, which is suitable for the growth of fish with high economic value. It is estimated that the comprehensive cost can be reduced by about 30% through cold energy farming.
CNOOC Guangdong Dapeng Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Receiving Station Cold Energy Aquaculture Demonstration Project. Xinhua News Agency.
According to the 2023 China Marine Development Index Report, China's gross marine production value in 2022 will be 95 trillion yuan, the ability of scientific and technological innovation continued to increase, and the resilience of the "blue engine" was demonstrated. Coastal provinces (municipalities and districts) should seize the opportunities of marine development and accelerate scientific and technological innovation to lead high-quality development.
Li Dahai, a researcher at the Institute of Marine Development of Ocean University of China, said that at present, the development of marine industry, ecological environmental protection, rights and interests maintenance and other requirements for scientific and technological innovation are constantly improving, and next, China still needs to increase R&D investment in key technology fields such as deep-sea strategic resource exploration and development, ecological environment monitoring and restoration, marine intelligent equipment, marine big data and artificial intelligence, and promote the deep integration of marine innovation chain and industrial chain.