Check Economic Feasibility and Regulatory Compliance with the 'Yuksang Wind Power Site Map' (Comprehensive)

Energy Corporation Launches Online Consulting
Analyzes 59 Types of Information to Provide to Businesses

The Korea Energy Agency's Wind Power Promotion Support Team has established and officially started operating the 'Onshore Wind Power Site Map Consulting Online System.' (Source: Korea Energy Agency)

[Asia Economy Reporter Moon Chaeseok] The Korea Energy Agency has officially launched a service that allows users to instantly check whether a project is underway on land intended for onshore wind power development, the ecological and natural grade of the area, and whether it is a Grade 1 landslide-prone zone.

On the 6th, the Energy Agency announced that it had established and officially started operating the 'Onshore Wind Power Site Map Consulting Online System' from the 28th of last month.

This is a follow-up measure to the 'Onshore Wind Power Development Activation Plan' announced by the government in August last year.

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, the Ministry of Environment, and the Korea Forest Service completed the development of the 'Onshore Wind Power Site Map' in May, which includes environmental and forest regulatory information for candidate sites, in addition to the existing 'Wind Resource Map' that mainly focused on wind conditions.

The site map contains the latest data on important information and regulatory items such as environmental impact assessments, ecological and natural grades, and the status of major mountain ranges.

The joint public-private 'Wind Power Promotion Support Group' within the Energy Agency has been providing consulting services using interim results from the onshore wind power site map research project since April, and has now expanded to operate an online service. So far, 123 consulting services have been provided to 51 companies and individuals.

Before the consulting service was implemented, developers had to individually search for information from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport's spatial information open platform maps, the Korea Forest Service's forest spatial information service, and various documents, or obtain information through specialized development companies during the site discovery or selection stages prior to onshore wind power development.

The Support Group analyzes 59 types of wind, environmental, and forest-related information necessary for projects, including various site regulations and wind utilization rates, and provides the results free of charge to applicants of the online consulting service.

With just simple wind farm location information, developers can verify economic feasibility and whether important site regulations are violated. It is expected to help developers discover suitable sites for wind power generation and secure preliminary environmental feasibility.

For onshore wind power projects that have completed preliminary environmental reviews using the site map, it is anticipated that errors such as project delays or withdrawals during the actual environmental impact assessment and mountain area use permit processes will be significantly reduced.

Park Sung-woo, Deputy Head of the Support Group, said, "The site map consulting service is voluntarily provided by the Support Group to help wind power projects be planned and carried out with preliminary environmental considerations as soon as possible," adding, "As applications continue to increase, we have established an online system and ask for continued active use."

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