What Are Mokpo New Port and Solar City Visited by National Assembly Mountain Environment Committee Members?

Governor Kim Young-rok Proposes Support for Offshore Wind Power and Data Centers
Emphasizes Leading the Global Offshore Wind Industry During Site Visit

On the 15th, at the site inspection briefing of the National Assembly Industry, Trade, Energy, Small and Medium Venture Business Committee held at the Mokpo New Port rear site, Chairman Lee Cheol-gyu and other members of the committee, Kim Young-rok, Governor of Jeollanam-do, and Park Woo-ryang, Mayor of Shinan County, are taking a commemorative photo.
[Photo by Jeollanam-do]

Amid the ongoing national audit, more than 30 members of the National Assembly's Industry, Trade, Energy, Small and Medium Enterprises Committee (Chairman Lee Cheol-gyu) visited the Mokpo New Port and Haenam Sanim-myeon Solar City industrial complex on the 15th.

Mokpo New Port is the site where South Korea's first 96MW-scale offshore wind power project is being developed northwest of Jaeundo Island in Sinan. The project financing (PF) initiative includes the Jeonnam offshore wind power complex (SK E&S) with 10 turbines of 9.6MW each, along with key offshore wind power equipment such as towers and blades, allowing visitors to experience the offshore wind installation work firsthand.

In particular, Mokpo New Port has established itself as a production and logistics hub for offshore wind power equipment. In June, it was designated as an Opportunity Development Zone under the government's region-led balanced development policy, playing a pivotal role in the offshore wind cluster promoted by Jeonnam Province.

Aligned with the government's renewable energy expansion policy to achieve carbon neutrality, the offshore wind power project is emerging as a core next-generation energy industry. In Jeonnam, offshore wind power projects are underway across the region, including Mokpo New Port, accounting for 60% (18GW) of South Korea's permitted offshore wind capacity.

Additionally, the Southwest Coast industrial city 'Solar City' located in Sanim-myeon, Haenam, spans an area of 1.58㎢ (480,000 pyeong) and includes the 'Solar City Photovoltaic Power Plant' with an annual generation capacity of 129GWh, as well as a planned site for a data center.

Jeonnam Governor Kim Young-rok requested full support and attention from the National Assembly for revitalizing 'Solar City,' which was designated as an industrial city 20 years ago, including support for creating a global data center ecosystem and the establishment of a 345kV grid for the large-scale power demand complex.

Governor Kim said, "This visit to the National Assembly was an opportunity to reaffirm the importance of Jeonnam's offshore wind industry and to further urge support from the central government and the National Assembly for the accelerated promotion of offshore wind projects. Going forward, Jeonnam, as the leader of South Korea's offshore wind industry, will actively lead the global offshore wind industry beyond Korea."

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