Technip Energies, in consortium with Subsea 7 and Samkang M&T, is to carry out an engineering study for the 504MW Ulsan Gray Whale 3 floating wind project, off South Korea.
Project developers Corio Generation and TotalEnergies selected the consortium to carry out a detailed front end engineering design (FEED) study for the project, covering float, mooring and cabling engineering in collaboration with a turbine manufacturer.
Technip Energies’ INO15 float technology will be integrated into the design of the floating foundation.
With a capacity of 15MW, the INO15 technology is based on a three-column semi-submersible float suitable for mass production.
The Gray Whale 3 project is located about 60-70 km from Onsan port in Ulsan.
It is one of three offshore wind projects that Corio Generation and TotalEnergies are developing off the coast of Ulsan for a total installed capacity of 1.5GW.
Laure Mandrou, senior vice president of Carbon Free Solutions at Technip Energies, said: “We are happy to have been selected, with Subsea 7 and Samkang, to carry out the FEED of this major offshore wind project.
“While taking advantage of our float technology INO15TM and the complementarity of solid industrial players, we are delighted to help build the future of floating offshore wind in South Korea and accelerate the global energy transition.”