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Denmark and Korea forge renewable alliance

4C Offshore | Tom Russell
By: Tom Russell 21/05/2019 Danish Energy Agency
The Danish Energy Agency has signed an Implementing Arrangement (IA) with the Korea Energy Agency for renewable energy and with aim of furthering the green transition in South Korea. At the same time, the Municipality of Esbjerg has signed an agreement to establish cooperation on the field of offshore wind energy with Ulsan Metropolitan City.

The agreements comes in relation to the visit of a Danish industry delegation led by the Crown Prince Couple to South Korea. Denmark and Korea have worked under the Green Growth Alliance since 2011 with a joint commitment to promote a shift towards green and low-carbon economic growth through political, commercial, technological and research cooperation.

South Korea has high population density, which makes the development of offshore wind an essential aspect of the green transition in the country. The South Korean government has planned to establish 12 GW of offshore wind power as part of the 16.5 GW of new wind energy capacity to be installed by 2030.

The IA is signed under the framework of the MoU between the Danish Ministry of Energy, Utilities and Climate and the Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, from November 1st, 2018.

In February 2019, the Royal Danish Embassy in Korea entered a cooperation agreement on renewable energy with the Ulsan Metropolitan City, home to one of the country’s biggest industrial ports. Recently, Ulsan Metropolitan City has announced its objective to transform itself from a centre of shipbuilding into a new national hub for the offshore wind industry. In Denmark, the Municipality of Esbjerg currently acts as hub for the offshore wind. The cooperation between both cities will focus on the field of offshore wind energy, especially on port development, regulation framework, academic research, operations and maintenance services, and floating foundation technology.


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