Offshore Wind Power Project Acceleration... New Introduction of 'Site Suitability Consulting'

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced that it will reform the offshore wind site consulting system by introducing a new 'Offshore Wind Site Map Consulting' separately from the existing marine site consulting.

Offshore Wind Site Map Consulting is a service that analyzes and provides site suitability based on the 'Offshore Wind Site Map' constructed using information on military, marine environment, and ship navigation. The Wind Power Information System (K-WinPIS), operated by the Korea Energy Agency (Wind Power Joint Support Team), will be used as the consulting window. The consulting period is expected to take about two weeks from the applicant's request to the provision of results.

Currently, developers who wish to promote offshore wind power projects must submit site consulting results when applying for a power generation business permit. However, due to the long duration of marine site consulting, there have been difficulties in applying for permits on time, causing delays in project promotion.

With this system reform, developers can submit site consulting results not at the time of the permit application but anytime before the review after the application. In addition to the existing marine site consulting results, the site map consulting results can also be submitted. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy plans to complete the system construction by the end of May and officially implement the system from June 1.

Jung Kyung-rok, Director of Renewable Energy Policy, said, "Through offshore wind site map consulting, developers can quickly and easily determine whether the site they want to promote the project on falls under legally restricted areas and other basic site suitability." He added, "It is expected that delays in projects caused by existing consulting will be alleviated."

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