Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy Holds 4th Meeting of Public-Private Joint 'Offshore Wind Power Inspection Team'

[Asia Economy Sejong=Reporter Dongwoo Lee] The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced on the 3rd that it held the 4th meeting of the 'Offshore Wind Power Task Force' chaired by Vice Minister Ki-young Park.

The meeting was held in Buan, where the Southwest Sea offshore wind power demonstration complex is located, and focused on inspecting offshore wind power projects of about 2GW scale in the central region (Incheon, Chungnam, Jeonbuk). The main agenda was to review the difficulties faced by eight offshore wind power project operators who have received power generation permits in the central region so far and to discuss solutions.

The central region operators mainly raised issues similar to those mentioned in the three previous TF meetings, such as ▲grid connection ▲community acceptance ▲and expedited permits and approvals.

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy stated that it is necessary to prioritize resolving issues such as power grid connection and securing acceptance from fishermen, and to this end, it decided to create and manage four regional working groups. Through consultations with related ministries, local governments, and fisheries cooperatives, the operation plans for the four regional working groups will be finalized and are scheduled to start operating by the end of this month.

Meanwhile, the ministry has conducted the offshore wind power TF up to the 4th round by region, listening to the difficulties of 35 operators carrying out a total of 39 projects (about 14GW). This scale exceeds about 80% of the offshore wind power capacity that the government has tentatively targeted by 2030.

Vice Minister Park said, “Offshore wind power is an essential path to achieve carbon neutrality and NDC goals,” adding, “Through the operation of the working groups, we will continuously manage the difficulties of each offshore wind power project, and related agencies will actively participate to practically resolve these issues.”

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