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History Greenhouse gases are one of the contributing factors to global warming. The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement that implements the objective of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The Paris Agreement at COP21 reaffirms the goal to substantially limit the global temperature increment up to 2 degrees Celsius above the preindustrial level. To implement these agreements, the use of petrochemical fuels should be reduced and the use of renewable energy should be adopted. Ocean energy refers to all forms of renewable energy derived from the sea including offshore wind energy, wave energy, and tidal energy. In recent years, the government has been advocating the development of offshore wind energy, wave energy, and methane hydrates. Taiwan, an island country, must broaden ocean engineering and technical capabilities to better manage ocean resources in order to utilize offshore wind energy and ocean energy.
Furthermore, the demand for defense vehicles such as warships and submarines based on the National Defense Policy compels them to be manufactured domestically. The National Taiwan University and other leading research universities are collaborating on the search for energy to meet the demands and trends of the domestic industry. The center facilitates the process by expanding the research and development of offshore wind energy technologies, marine energy developments, marine acoustics, and other marine engineering technologies in order to strengthen the integration and consulting in the international academic network. In 2017, the "Ship Technology Research Center" was renamed the “Ship and Ocean Technology Research Center”. The Ship and Ocean Technology Research Center continues to devote to the advancement of the ship and ocean technology industry; to cultivate relevant talents; to provide comprehensive professional services; to integrate ship and ocean engineering resources and equipment; to promote industry-academia collaboration; to enhance industry and academia exchanges; to promote international collaboration; to introduce advanced foreign technology; to assist the government in formulating regulations and policies intended for ships and ocean technology.