Donghae 1 Offshore Wind Farm is a 200MW offshore wind power project. It is planned in Sea of Japan (East Sea), Ulsan, South Korea. According to GlobalData, who tracks and profiles over 170,000 power plants worldwide, the project is currently at the permitting stage. It will be developed in a single phase. The project construction is likely to commence in 2024 and is expected to enter into commercial operation in 2027. Buy the profile here.
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Description
The project is being developed and currently owned by Equinor, Korea East-West Power and Korea National Oil. The owners have 33.33% stake in the project respectively.
The project is expected to generate 780,000MWh electricity and supply enough clean energy to power 200,000 households. The turbines will be mounted on floating spar foundations.
Development status
The project construction is expected to commence from 2024. Subsequent to that it will enter into commercial operation by 2027.
Contractors involved
Doosan Enerbility will be the turbine supplier for the wind power project. The company is expected to provide 25 turbines, each with 8MW nameplate capacity.
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About Equinor
Equinor ASA (Equinor), formerly Statoil ASA, is an energy company. It explores for, develops, and produces hydrocarbons. It operates refineries, processing plants, storage and terminals, and has interests in various oil and gas pipelines. The company markets, trades, and transports crude oil, condensate, natural gas, natural gas liquids, and refined products. It also has presence in solar farm, offshore wind, carbon capture and storage and hydrogen projects with focus on renewable energy and low carbon solutions. Equinor has major operations on the Norwegian continental shelf. It has operations in Europe, North and South America, Africa and Asia-Pacific regions. Equinor is headquartered in Stavanger, Norway.
About Korea East-West Power
Korea East-West Power Co Ltd (EWP), a subsidiary of Korea Electric Power Corp, is a state-owned electric utility producer. It generates and supplies the electricity to its customers in the region. It produces electricity from various sources including coal, oil, liquefied natural gas, mini hydro, and renewable sources such as solar, wind, biomass, and biogas. The company also offers plant construction, engineering, plant operations, and plant maintenance services; and financial investment services for the exploration and development of mines. EWP serves in domestic and overseas regions. It has operating and developing interests in power generation facilities in North America, Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia, and Oceania. EWP is headquartered in Jung-gu, Ulsan, South Korea.
About Korea National Oil
Korea National Oil Corp (KNOC) is a state-owned integrated oil company that carries out the exploration, development and production of oil and gas, and stockpiling of petroleum resources. It purchases and sells crude oil, distribute gasoline and refined products. KNOC also imports and exports crude oil and petroleum products, operates and leases stockpile facilities, and provides financing services for companies in energy, natural resources industries. It also provides other research services. The company has operations in Libya, Vietnam, Peru, Yemen, Venezuela, the US, Canada, the UK, Kazakhstan, and Iraq, among others. It carries out energy projects on behalf of the Korean government. KNOC is headquartered at Ulsan, South Korea.
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