Abstract
In Taiwan, industrial technology researches of deep ocean water (DOW) utilization were carried out by several research centers and universities under financial support from government since 2005, and were focused on three fields such as marine environmental monitoring and information management; development of raw materials with high commercial value, and biotechnology and green energy. In this paper, some applications were introduced such as development of domestic equipment for producing DOW raw materials, combination of local products with DOW, development of cosmetics and medical raw materials (e.g. extracting alginate and phycobiliprotein from seaweed), and pilot studies of green energy (e.g. algal cultivation for oil production, CO2 fixation, and low-temperature energy utilization). As mentioned above, the utilization of DOW in Taiwan started from retaining raw materials through applications of fabricated food and now shifted to high value products and renewable energy. It has also shown a strong ambition for the future development of multiple-purpose utilization of deep ocean water resources in Taiwan.
