South Korea has few of its own energy resources and uses imported coal. It's cheap but dirty
President Moon Jae In announced the achievementcarbon neutrality last year, but at the same time South Korea is pushing for a phase-out of nuclear power. It is planned that the country will only depend on renewable energy sources.
Wind farm in Sinan, county inJeollanam-do Province in southwest South Korea, will be seven times larger than the world's current largest offshore wind farm, Walney Extension. It is located in the north-west of England in the Irish Sea. Its installed capacity is 659 megawatts (MW). This is the largest offshore park; previously the London Array station (630 MW) was considered the largest.
The government expects that the maximumthe capacity will be 8.2 gigawatts, which is equivalent to six nuclear power plants. In turn, the President noted that the country's position on the Korean Peninsula gives it a geographical advantage.
“We have limitless offshore wind potential on three sides and the world's best technology in related areas,” he added.
33 different organizations are involved in the project, includingincluding regional governments, power producer KEPCO and large private firms including Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction and SK E&S.
Moon warned that it could take more than five years for construction to start, although the government will try to speed up the process.
Seoul last year announced its goal of becoming one of the world's five largest offshore wind farms by 2030.
South Korea also plans to reduce the numberof its existing nuclear power plants—currently the country's only significant source of low-carbon energy—from 24 to 17 by 2034, cutting the sector's energy output by almost half.
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