Siemens Gamesa and Doosan Enerbility have entered into a framework agreement spanning offshore wind turbine assembly and installation activities in South Korea.
The partnership agreement covers knowledge exchange for technology concerning offshore wind turbine nacelle assembly, staging harbour turbine assembly, plus offshore construction and service contracts.
Under the agreement Doosan Enerbility will begin installation activities from 2026 onwards in the South Korean offshore wind market.
Marc Becker, CEO of Siemens Gamesa’s offshore business, and Hongook Park, CEO of Doosan Enerbility’s Power Service Business Group, represented the parties at the partnership framework agreement signing ceremony held in Hamburg, Germany.
The agreement follows exploration of potential cooperation made possible by a memorandum of understanding signed in June 2022.
This next step lays the foundation for “strong local content offerings” in the South Korean offshore wind market in the future and is subject to successful offshore wind power orders in the South Korean market.
Doosan will assemble Siemens Gamesa’s offshore wind turbine nacelles in a Doosan facility, now in the design phase, and undertake turbine assembly for Siemens Gamesa machines in staging harbours.
It will also construct offshore wind projects using Siemens Gamesa machines and perform offshore service on selected orders involving Siemens Gamesa machines.
Becker said: “We are delighted to enter into this framework agreement with Doosan Enerbility. We are eager to bring our market-leading offshore skills including our unique offshore Direct Drive nacelle technology to South Korea.
“We will also greatly benefit from Doosan’s deep understanding of the Korean market to accelerate the country’s energy transition. In doing so, the partnership intends to promote local job growth and inward investment while delivering clean, green energy.”
Park added: “Through this partnership, Doosan looks forward to boosting its competitiveness across the overall offshore wind power sector through measures, such as the upgrading of existing products and diversification of models.”
Doosan Enerbility started its wind power business in 2005 and leads the South Korean domestic offshore wind energy market with projects such as the 60MW Southwest Offshore Wind Power Phase 1 development.