South Korea Plans Offshore Wind Farm

South Korea’s Saemangeum Development and Investment Agency has announced plans for a 96.8MW offshore wind farm that will also include tourist attractions.

News ID: 71481

Date: 11 January 2017 - 09:58

The farm will see the installation of 24 3.5MW and four 3.2MW turbines in the Saemangeum estuarine tidal flat on the coast of the Yellow Sea, MANA correspondent reported.

The farm is expected to be complete late in 2018 and will generate enough electricity to power around 62,000 homes.

However, the Agency also plans to develop an offshore wind farm tourism industry at the wind farm with the operation of a dedicated cruise ship for visiting the farm and an observation deck on top of a wind turbine.