Jeju Establishes Nation's First 'Floating Offshore' Wind Power Generation System on the Sea

Jeju Governor Won Hee-ryong is giving a briefing on the floating offshore wind power system at the provincial office on the 19th.

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters (Jeju) Reporter Park Chang-won] A system will be established in the Jeju area to utilize electricity generated by the country's first floating offshore wind turbine installed on the sea for electric vehicle power and other uses.

Jeju Special Self-Governing Province announced on the 19th that it has been finally selected as the target for the MW-class floating offshore wind system development project by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, securing 27 billion KRW in national funding.

The national project for the floating offshore wind system involves installing wind turbines on fixed floating bodies floating on the sea to generate electricity.

90% of offshore wind resources occur in the open sea with depths of over 50 meters.

The floating system generates power by floating turbines in the deep open sea, which can increase energy production efficiency.

Jeju Province explained that this system also solves the land shortage problem, which is a drawback of fixed onshore and offshore wind turbines, and minimizes noise generation, marine landscape destruction, and damage to fishermen and aquaculture farms.

Jeju Province plans to develop one 8 MW-class floating offshore wind turbine by April 2025.

This scale of power generation is enough to supply 24,528 MWh of electricity annually to 8,100 households in the province.

Jeju Province plans to manufacture floating offshore wind turbines at the wave power plant test site operated by the Ship and Offshore Plant Research Institute in Yongsu-ri, Hangyeong-myeon, Jeju City, and after one year of verification, establish a large-scale wind power complex that can be commercialized in the first half of 2025.

It is expected to generate annual electricity sales revenue of 2 billion KRW through this.

A smart hub city creation project linking renewable energy and shared mobility such as electric vehicles will also be promoted.

Jeju Province was selected for the City Challenge section, the largest scale among smart city projects, and will receive 22 billion KRW in support over the next two years.

The renewable energy produced in this way will be stored, transported, and charged in batteries, and used as power for green mobility such as electric vehicles, electric kickboards, and electric bicycles, inducing a new industrial transformation.

Won Hee-ryong, Governor of Jeju, said, “These projects, along with the green hydrogen development project started last October, are key projects to build a carbon-neutral ecosystem and an important cornerstone toward a low-carbon smart Jeju. We will ensure that the benefits of clean energy return to the residents in the future.”

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