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AntarcticChina can build Antarctic stations and does research about the Southern Ocean close to the AntarcticChina Daily 14 [China Daily is an English-language daily newspaper published in the People's Republic of China, 4/16/14, “China to establish fifth research station in the Antarctic”, http://english.people.com.cn/202936/8599218.html] alla A groundbreaking ceremony for China's fifth station in the Antarctic is expected to take place during the next South Pole expedition planned for November.¶ "It will take at least three years to build the fifth Antarctic research station because of the short annual construction period and our limited transportation capacity in Antarctica," Qu Tanzhou, director of the State Oceanic Administration's Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration, told China Daily on Sunday.¶ Summer at the South Pole lasts from November to February with temperatures struggling to get above -20 C, according to the research center British Antarctic Survey.¶ China's icebreaker, Xuelong, or Snow Dragon, returned to Shanghai on Tuesday, finishing the 30th Antarctic expedition.¶ Besides tough weather conditions, Qu said that because the new station will be permanent, it requires the approval of other Antarctic consultative states before construction.¶ China has finished and submitted the environmental assessment report, which will be discussed at an international meeting in Brazil later this year, Qu said. ¶ "The area of the new station, less than 5 square kilometers, will be located in Terra Nova Bay in the Ross Sea region, which can help scientists study the Southern Ocean in Antarctica," Qu said.¶ The station will be designed to house up to 80 people in summer and 30 in winter, People's Daily reported.¶ Zha Enlai, a researcher at China Geological Survey's Center of Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology who went to the Ross Sea base this year, said the geological conditions, which are mainly granite, are good for construction.¶ He said the main building will be about 6,000 square meters and a wind farm will help power the station.¶ The Ross Sea region is one of the most important areas of Antarctica and a leading gateway to the continent. The region has unique biological and geological features, including various specimens, active volcanoes and the largest ice shelf on Earth.¶ China plans to purchase its first fixed-wing aircraft for polar expedition this year.¶ The country expects to build a new icebreaker in 2016, which will be designed mainly for field research, according to the State Oceanic Administration.¶ The country's polar exploration will enter a period of fast development, Qu said.¶ China has built four Antarctic research bases — Great Wall, Zhongshan, Kunlun and Taishan.¶ The main building of the latest Taishan summer field camp was completed within 45 days from late December to February. Ocean MedicineChina can utilize deep sea data for medical usesXinhua 3 [Xinhua is the state press agency of the People's Republic of China, “ China Develops Ocean Medicine”, 10/27/2003, http://www.china.org.cn/english/scitech/78419.htm] alla China has succeeded in sending a man into space, but Chinese scientists are also looking down, into the ocean depths, to tap resources for medicine.¶ ¶ A state-level research program is underway to discover how microbes survive in extreme conditions in the ocean, as part of the 863 High-Tech Program (initiated in March 1986), the nation's priority science development plan.¶ ¶ The research, being carried out by Zhejiang University, in the coastal province of Zhejiang, aims to find natural bio-active substances in marine life that live in extreme environments in deep water.¶ ¶ Many micro-organisms thrive around thermal areas, where the temperature is well above boiling, and survive tremendous water pressure thousands of meters below the surface and huge amounts of heavy metals.¶ ¶ The research on the microbe's life systems and the medical benefits would produce large and profound changes in the bio-medicine industry, Yang Weijun, a marine life expert, said at the 21st Century Free Forum of Life Science in Zhejiang.¶ ¶ The importance of ocean resources, and medicines made from them, is coming under increasing international scrutiny. Oceans contain 80 percent of the earth's resources, and can provide a wide diversity of materials for medical use. Moreover, extreme deep sea conditions accommodate a lot of marine life with many pharmaceutical usages.¶ ¶ In China, many enterprises are taking part in the research and development of ocean medicine. Hundreds of natural products from the seas have been studied and have entered into clinical use. OTECCompanies are investing in and developing OTEC plants along the Chinese coast—China is getting ahead in the OTEC raceLockheed Martin 13 [Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company that employs about 120,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services, 4/16/13, “Lockheed Martin and Reignwood Group to Develop Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Power Plant”, http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/news/press-releases/2013/april/lockheed-martin-and-reignwood-group-to-develop-ocean-thermal-ene.html] alla BALTIMORE, April 16, 2013 – Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has announced that it is working with Reignwood Group to develop an Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) pilot power plant off the coast of southern China. A memorandum of agreement between the two companies was signed in Beijing on Saturday. Following the ceremony, both companies met with United States Secretary of State John Kerry during his first official state visit to the People’s Republic of China.¶ The 10-megawatt offshore plant, to be designed by Lockheed Martin, will be the largest OTEC project developed to date, supplying 100 percent of the power needed for a green resort to be built by Reignwood Group. In addition, the agreement could lay the foundation for the development of several additional OTEC power plants ranging in size from 10 to 100 megawatts, for a potential multi-billion dollar value.¶ “The benefits to generating power with OTEC are immense, and Lockheed Martin has been leading the way in advancing this technology for decades,” said Dan Heller, vice president of new ventures for Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Training. “Constructing a sea-based, multi-megawatt pilot OTEC power plant for Reignwood Group is the final step in making it an economic option to meet growing needs for clean, reliable energy.”¶ OTEC takes the natural temperature difference found in the ocean in tropical regions and uses it to create power. This technology is well-suited to island and coastal communities where energy transportation costs typically make other sources of power very expensive. The process provides a native power source to areas, and, like other renewable energy technologies, OTEC plants will be clean, sustainable and powered by free fuel.¶ Unlike other renewable energy technologies, this power is also base load, meaning it can be produced consistently 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. A commercial-scale OTEC plant will have the capability to power a small city. The energy can also be used for the cultivation of other crucial resources such as clean drinking water and hydrogen for applications such as electric vehicles.¶ In addition to several other green energy-related projects across a variety of industries, Reignwood Group is currently developing two large scale low-carbon resort communities, with others planned in key locations in China. Using Lockheed Martin’s OTEC technology to power a new resort will help the company to develop its first net-zero community.¶ “Our mission at Reignwood Group is to invest in low-carbon applications and solutions, integrating these new green technologies into a plan to promote sustainable development practices,” said Colin Liu, senior vice president of Reignwood Group. “Lockheed Martin’s OTEC technology offers a ground-breaking solution that will help us to achieve this mission.”¶ Once the proposed plant is developed and operational, the two companies plan to use the knowledge gained to improve the design of the additional commercial-scale plants, to be built over the next 10 years. Each 100-megawatt OTEC facility could produce the same amount of energy in a year as 1.3 million barrels of oil, decrease carbon emissions by half a million tons and provide a domestic energy source that is sustainable, reliable and secure. 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