KEPCO and KOEN received an Electricity Business License (EBL) for two projects in the Jeonnam offshore wind integrated zone (clusters 4 and 5), 810 MW combined (Sinan 1, Sinan 2). Korea’s licensed pipeline now stands at 110 projects totalling 35.20 GW, up from 108 and 34.39 GW a week earlier.
Elsewhere this week. Busan Offshore Wind Power: Dadaepo (99 MW) — EBL share acquisition approval at the Electricity Regulatory Commission. Ocean Winds: Hanbando-1, Hanbando-2, Hanbando-3 (1,125 MW) — public waters occupancy works completion report accepted with the Incheon Regional Office of Oceans and Fisheries. KWEC-KOMIPO and SRE: Yeosu-Mundo (400 MW) — entered environmental assessment with the Environmental Impact Assessment Support System.
Project update
Top stories this week
Incheon Offshore Wind: Broken Community Councils Undermine Project Legitimacy (members)Two major offshore wind projects in Incheon—Ørsted and Gulup Wind Development—have lost their community and fishery stakeholder councils within months of each other, raising questions about whether these bodies were genuine partnership mechanisms or merely licensing tools. Both projects received Electricity Business Licenses despite repea
Korea's 25GW offshore wind target at risk despite six WTIV vessels (members)A South Korean think tank analysis warns that even with six Wind Turbine Installation Vessels (WTIV) by 2030, Korea cannot achieve its 4GW annual offshore wind installation capacity without synchronized project construction starts, port expansion, and vessel deployment schedules. Construction delays and port bottlenecks could reduce annua
Ocean Winds Korea project faces fishery opposition over alternative fishing grounds (members)Ocean Winds Korea's 1,125 MW offshore wind project in Incheon's Gulup-do area encountered continued opposition from local fishermen and residents at an environmental impact assessment public hearing. Fishermen rejected the project unless alternative fishing grounds are provided, citing the importance of food security alongside energy secu
Deep Dive published this week
Part 1: The Case for Merging Korea's Five Gencos, and the Questions It Has Not Answered (members)Korea will merge its five state-owned generation companies into a single entity, provisionally named Korea Power, from 1 October 2027. It remains a wholly owned KEPCO subsidiary. The five hold 14.1 GW of offshore wind, about a third of the national pipeline, and 63 percent of their 11.2 GW of licensed capacity is held jointly with private
Part 2: Where the Offshore Wind Goes (members)The merger is decided. The 13.5 GW gathers into one head office division, and from 2027 the contract moves to KEPCO and the other purchasers named by presidential decree. Before 2022 the five gencos chose which private projects to join. After 2027 there is one of them.
The full record
Policy & Legal Framework — statutes, bills, auction guidelines and the permit pathway.
Project Data Hub — every project with capacity, EBL status and assessment stage.
Sources: Electricity Regulatory Commission minutes, environmental impact assessment filings, regional maritime office notices and government announcements. Cite as: Korea Wind Intelligence, “Korea offshore wind — the week of 7–13 September 2026”.
