Category: Members’ Publications
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Commentary: If Singapore decides to invest in nuclear energy, floating power plants deserve a closer look
We’re excited to share that Dr. Stefan Huebner’s latest commentary for Channel News Asia on floating nuclear power plants has just been published! 📰🔗 💡 With Singapore considering nuclear energy as part of its long-term energy strategy, floating small modular reactors (SMRs) could offer a flexible, safer, and more efficient…
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Los Saguaros Marina Resort Masterplan 2024
By Mr Giuseppe Torrisi Video presentation of our masterplan in Baja California Sur. Los Saguaros Marina Resort is the Phase 1 of the Peninsula de Los Sueños touristic development. It is the first of 11 areas. With its 220 hectares, Los Saguaros Marina Resort consists of:
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Coastal urban climate adaptation and the advance onto aquatic surfaces using floating solutions: Historical challenges and potential future benefits of floating homes and similar structures
Dr. Stefan Huebner wrote an article that delves into the historical and contemporary challenges of social and political acceptance of floating residential structures and explores their immense potential for urban climate adaptation. Abstract Coastal urban adaptation to climate change and rising sea levels emerges from the increasing vulnerability to storm…
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CNA Commentary: Floating solar farms may be key to Singapore’s clean energy future
Our President, Dr. Stefan Huebner, recently published a thought-provoking commentary in CNA on the future of floating solar PV systems as a key component of Singapore’s renewable energy strategy. 🌞⚡ In his article, Dr. Huebner explores the potential of floating solar PV installations on Singapore’s reservoirs, coastal areas, and beyond—highlighting…
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Correspondence for Nature: Floating Homes need Political Acceptance
Our President, Dr. Stefan Huebner, recently penned a Correspondence for Nature, shedding light on the role of floating homes and structures as essential tools in climate adaptation strategies. 🌊🏠 “Your Comment article on building climate-resilient coastal communities (I. Ajibade & S. H. Shah Nature 632, 733–736; 2024) was welcome, but…
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Hydroelastic Responses of a Submersible Ring Structure for Offshore Seaweed Cultivation under Wave Action
by Huu Phu Nguyen, Chien Ming Wang*, Brian von Herzen and Chenxuan Huang *CM Wang is first Vice President of SFSS Read full article here Abstract This paper investigates the hydroelastic response of a submersible circular ring structure, designed for offshore seaweed cultivation, under wave action and during the submergence process. The…
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The Floating Towns of Tomorrow: Urban Planning Solutions to Challenges in Coastal Communities (by Lim Soon Heng, Daniela Procopio, and Giuseppe Torrisi)
View the book here: https://www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-0364-0279-2 About the book: Issues such as climate change, energy crises, population growth and the increasing concentration of residents in urban areas are the challenges of the future, and some solutions to these challenges are already on the way. New plans for floating cities are one…
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EARTH’S AMPHIBIOUS TRANSFORMATION: Tange Kenzo, Buckminster Fuller, and marine urbanization in global environmental thought (1950s–present)
EARTH’S AMPHIBIOUS TRANSFORMATION: Tange Kenzo, Buckminster Fuller, and marine urbanization in global environmental thought (1950s–present) Stefan Huebner Climate change and rising sea levels, which threaten many Asian and other coastal cities, have returned the question of adaptation to unstable marine surfaces to the global discussions about urbanization, as was illustrated…
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EARTH’S AMPHIBIOUS TRANSFORMATION: URBANIZING ASIA’S SEAS
EARTH’S AMPHIBIOUS TRANSFORMATION: URBANIZING ASIA’S SEAS Stefan Huebner Coastal cities have for decades been finding ways to cope with floods, storm surges, subsidence and other disasters, which are worsening with climate change. As Stefan Huebner of the Asia Research Institute at National University of Singapore writes, instead of focusing only…
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Large Floating Structures: Technological Advances (Ocean Engineering & Oceanography, 3)
Large Floating Structures: Technological Advances (Ocean Engineering & Oceanography, 3) Wang Chien Ming This book surveys key projects that have seen the construction of large floating structures or have attained detailed conceptual designs. This compilation of key floating structures in a single volume captures the innovative features that mark the…