South Korea has introduced a $43bn plan to develop the world’s largest offshore wind farm by 2030 as a part of its efforts to attain carbon neutrality by 2050.
The undertaking, which was introduced by South Korean president Moon Jae-In, contains the development of a wind farm off Sinan on the nation’s southwestern coast. It is predicted to have a most capability of 8.2 gw.
The wind farm is predicted to spice up the nation’s wind energy capability to 16.5 gw by 2030. Corporations together with Kepco, SK E&S, and Hanwha E&C, Doosan Heavy Industries, CS Wind, and Samgang M&T have been chosen to assist undertaking.
President Moon mentioned the undertaking will speed up the nation’s efforts towards an eco-friendly vitality transition and assist it transfer extra vigorously towards carbon neutrality. South Korea’s Inexperienced New Deal coverage was launched final yr to scale back reliance on fossil fuels with a goal to attain carbon impartial by 2050.
Thus far, the world’s largest offshore wind farm is the Hornsea wind farm developed by Danish vitality firm Ørsted off Britain. The section one of many wind farm has a capability of 1.2 gw and it’s deliberate to have a complete capability of as much as 6 gw.