2523) Innovation at Sea & Delousing Salmon with Laser, Norway: "Research, Innovation, Technology" Stamp Series: Posten Norge (Norwegian Post) has issued two postage stamps of 20g each highlighting latest technologies at work in Norway: Date of Stamp set issue: 01.10.2022:
Innovation at Sea:
The Two Stamps of 20g each featuring the Hywind Tampen & The Laser Salmon delousing system
Floating Wind Power:
Hywind Tampen is a floating wind power project and is the first in the world to power offshore oil and gas platforms.
Equinor’s offshore wind farm is a test environment for further development of offshore wind. The floating design of the turbines allows them to be placed in areas of the sea where the water is too deep for bottom-fixed turbines.
The wind farm is located approximately 140.00 km off the Norwegian coast, west of Sognefjorden. The turbines in the park are about 190.00 metres tall with a rotor diameter of 167.00 metres.
The offshore wind farm consists of eleven Wind Turbines and are able to supply five selected oil platforms with 35 per cent of their annual electrical power requirements.
The project will reduce CO2 emissions by 200,000 tonnes and NOx emissions by 1,000 tonnes a year. The farm's annual production is estimated to represent approximately ten per cent of Norway’s total wind power production.
Delousing Salmon with laser:
The exponential growth of salmon farming in Norway since the 1980s has had major economic and ecological consequences.
Salmon lice cause physical damage to the fish and have become a major problem in the fish farming industry.
The Norwegian company Stingray Marine Solutions AS has developed a system that uses laser to kill salmon lice.
The system employs light, advanced cameras and a surgical laser to recognise lice on the salmon's skin.
In the one to two seconds that it takes the salmon to swim past the system, the exact position of a louse on the fish is identified and the system directs the laser at it. This fires a pulse of light so hot that the louse dies while fish swim away unharmed.
The system, known as “The Fish Health Hub”, also monitors the health and welfare of the fish, and some of the key indicators of fish welfare are swimming speed, sexual maturation and winter ulcers.
The First Day Cover (FDC) is titled "Research, Innovation and Technology (in Norwegian).
The two stamps issued in the set are affixed at top right, cancelled with a special Cancellation Handstamp/Postmark of Oslo Post Office dated - "01.10.2022".
A collectible showing the Salmon delousing system underwater at left and a golden stamp at top right.
The Stamp Booklet
The Maxi Cards
Technical details:
Issue Date: 01.10.2022
Designer: Enzo Finger
Printer: Joh. Enschedé Security Print
Process: Offset
Values: Worldwide 20g (x 2 Stamps)
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