Haenam-gun, Hwawon Joseon Industrial Complex Offshore Wind Power Project Backing Complex Development Progressing Steadily

Published 04 Feb.2022 14:56(KST)

Haenam-gun, Unison Co., Ltd., and Daehan Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. Sign Business Agreement

(From left) Jeong Daeseong, CEO of Daehan Shipbuilding, Myeong Hyungwan, Haenam County Governor, and Heo Hwado, CEO of Unison, signed a business agreement on the 4th. ⓒ Asia Economy

[Haenam＝Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Hyun] Jeonnam Haenam-gun is accelerating efforts to develop the Hwawon Shipbuilding Industrial Complex as a hinterland base for offshore wind power projects, and has signed a business agreement with Unison Co., Ltd. and Daehan Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. to revitalize the Hwawon Shipbuilding Industrial Complex.

At the business agreement ceremony held on the morning of the 4th in the county office situation room, County Governor Myeong Hyun-gwan, Unison Co., Ltd. CEO Heo Hwado, and Daehan Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. CEO Jeong Daeseong attended and agreed to mutually cooperate in developing Haenam-gun’s Hwawon Industrial Complex as a hinterland complex for the offshore wind power project promoted as a government New Deal project.

According to the agreement, Unison Co., Ltd. will ensure substantial investment such as the construction facilities for offshore wind power structures within the Hwawon Industrial Complex, and Daehan Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. will actively work on establishing the insufficient infrastructure.

Haenam-gun plans to actively provide administrative support to revitalize the Hwawon Industrial Complex.

Unison Co., Ltd., established in 1984, is a first-generation domestic wind power generator specialist company and a leading wind power company that developed the country’s first (Yeongdeok Wind Power) and largest (Gangwon Wind Power) wind power complexes.

The Sinan Offshore Wind Power Complex is a pioneering model of ‘private-led, government-supported’ promoted by the Korean New Deal, with a total investment of 48 trillion KRW to build an 8.2GW scale complex. Based on this, it is expected to nurture 450 local companies and create 120,000 jobs.

The county is actively preparing countermeasures by attracting related industries to the Hwawon Shipbuilding Industrial Complex and utilizing the infrastructure and undeveloped land within the shipyard as construction facilities for offshore wind power structures.

Accordingly, Daehan Shipbuilding plans to relocate its Naeop factory in Daebul Industrial Complex to the Hwawon Shipbuilding Industrial Complex, expecting an influx of about 1,500 employees and economic effects through revitalization of the industrial complex.

Haenam-gun is also accelerating the establishment of infrastructure to revitalize the industrial complex, such as the construction of a 2.9 km access road between Hwawon Gurim-ri and Maewol-ri.

The Hwawon Shipbuilding Industrial Complex covers a total area of 2,055,622㎡, with a saleable area of 1,983,470㎡. It is scheduled for completion in 2024, and the industrial complex has added industries such as metal processing manufacturing in addition to shipbuilding to create conditions for producing offshore wind power equipment.

In particular, the plan is to secure a logistics base and production foundation in Hwawon Industrial Complex following the establishment of the offshore wind power complex, while building an eco-friendly energy cluster that responds to the government’s Green New Deal policy and Jeonnam’s Blue Economy vision.

A county official stated, “The Hwawon Shipbuilding Industrial Complex is the optimal location for Jeonnam offshore wind logistics. We will actively attract offshore wind power manufacturers in cooperation with Jeonnam Province to make it the hinterland complex for Sinan offshore wind power. We will spare no support from the county to ensure the best results from today’s business agreement.”