Abstract
A community with a shared future for mankind has been advocated by China with pragmatic development initiatives, one of which would be the Maritime Silk Road. It is a major step forward, an initiative that could not only benefit people along the Road, but also a blue belt that links the Chinese dream with the global one. The overall fragile power supply along the Road has been a barrier to the building of the Maritime Silk Road. The total power consumption along the Belt and Road Initiative is only 61% of the world’s average amount. The key to effectively building the Maritime Silk Road is to solve the electricity crisis. The offshore wind energy, large in amount, wide in distribution and available under all conditions, can provide strong power support to the building of the Maritime Silk Road, as well as good opportunity for international exchange and cooperation and an antidote to climate change and conventional energy shortage. At the same time, the offshore wind energy will also provide important support for mankind to achieve the carbon neutrality target. The basic principles for massive wind power development is “evaluation of resources and planning go first”. The chapter mainly discusses the energy crisis and electricity requirement of the Maritime Silk Road, the advantage and disadvantage of offshore wind energy resources.
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Zheng, C., Song, H., Liang, F., Jin, Yp., Wang, Dy., Tian, Yc. (2021). Introduction. In: 21st Century Maritime Silk Road: Wind Energy Resource Evaluation. Springer Oceanography. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4111-4_1
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