'Offshore Wind Site Map Consulting' Newly Introduced... Site Suitability Analysis and Provision

The government has decided to newly introduce the 'Offshore Wind Power Site Map Consulting' system, which analyzes and provides the suitability of offshore wind power sites.

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced on the 26th that it plans to reform the offshore wind power site consulting system and newly introduce the Offshore Wind Power Site Map Consulting as a separate service from the existing marine site consulting.

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

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 required for marine site consulting, there have been difficulties such as delays in project promotion because permits could not be applied for.

With the system reform, applicants can submit site consulting results not at the time of the power generation permit application but anytime before the review after the application. In addition, not only the existing marine site consulting results but also the site map consulting results can be submitted, minimizing project delays caused by site consulting, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy expects. The service will complete system construction by the end of May and will be fully implemented from June 1.

Jung Kyung-rok, Director of Renewable Energy Policy at the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, said, "Through the Offshore Wind Power 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, and it is expected that project delays caused by existing consulting will be alleviated."

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