South Korea announces 2.5 GW offshore farm

摘要

According to yonhapnews.co.kr., South Korea is going to build a US$ 7.8 billion offshore wind farm in the Yellow Sea. "The plan is to make South Korea the world's third-largest country in terms of offshore wind power generation," Kang Nam-Hoon, Head of the Ministry of Knowledge Economy's energy and climate change policy division, was reported. The three-phase plan announced by the ministry calls for the construction of a "proving area" by 2013 to test 20 turbines (5 MW) from South Korean man-ufacturers near Buan, North Jeolla Province, and Yeonggwang, South )eolla Province.