The Ministry of Climate, Energy, and Environment announced that on December 15, Vice Minister Lee Ho-hyun will attend the completion ceremony of the Hallim Offshore Wind Farm in Hallim-eup, Jeju City. Hallim Offshore Wind Farm is a 100MW capacity project and the largest offshore wind farm currently in commercial operation in South Korea.
This project was led and invested in by public power companies such as Korea Electric Power Corporation, Korea Midland Power, and Korea Electric Power Technology. The main equipment is composed of domestic materials, fostering the domestic industrial ecosystem in the offshore wind sector while enhancing public value.
Three nearby villages formed a cooperative and invested a total of 30 billion KRW, presenting a model of a resident-cooperative profit-sharing power generation project by returning annual dividends to local residents. The ceremony will also include government awards for contributors to the development of the wind power industry.
Vice Minister Lee Ho-hyun stated that Hallim Offshore Wind Farm is an exemplary case of successfully completing a project by consolidating domestic technology and manufacturing capabilities under the leadership of public enterprises, and expressed his commitment to developing the offshore wind industry as a future growth engine.