Wind Energy – South Korea
Samsung Heavy Industries has signed an exclusive supply agreement with Equinor for the manufacturing of floating structures and marshalling for Equinor’s Firefly project.
Firefly is Equinor’s large-scale floating project located off the coast of Ulsan, South Korea. The project has a capacity of 750 MW and plans to have 50 turbines.
Like all floating projects of this scale, there are significant challenges in developing this project as floating technology is relatively new, and large structures are required.
Due to the size of the floating structures, the task of manufacturing them falls on manufacturers with large shipyard facilities.
Given that Samsung Heavy Industries has the facilities to accommodate large floating structures, it is an ideal choice for manufacturing and marshalling the floating units and turbines to the site.
The Bandibuli project will potentially be the first major joint project between Equinor and SHI in renewable energy. Success in the auction will lay a solid foundation for future collaboration, reinforcing both companies’ commitment to renewable energy.
If Equinor’s Bandibuli project wins the auction, SHI will be in charge of fabricating 50 substructures for floating offshore wind power generators with a 15 MW capacity and marshalling to integrate the substructures with the towers and wind turbines.
The cumulative weight of the 50 substructures exceeds more than 200,000 tonnes.
The Korean government plans to announce the winners of the auction later in 2024.
