South Korea approves floating KF Wind project assessment

South Korea’s Ministry of Environments has approved Ocean Winds’ and Mainstream Renewable Power’s environmental impact assessment for the KF Wind floating offshore wind development.

This follows an onsite monitoring campaign over more than 12 months and various rounds of consultations with local communities, local stakeholders and fisheries.

The environmental impact assessment covers both the project’s first phase, East Blue Power (375 MW), and the second phase, KF Wind (750 MW).

The partners plan to install 75 wind turbines and floating foundations, two bottom fixed offshore substations, three x 80-km submarine export cables, one onshore substation and a 4.5-km onshore high-voltage line up to the interconnection point at Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO)’s Shinonsan substation.