The Ulsan Gray Whale 3 floating windfarm offshore South Korea will use Technip Energies’ INO15 floater (source: Technip Energies)
A consortium of Technip Energies, Subsea 7 and Samkang M&T has been selected by Corio Generation and TotalEnergies to undertake front-end engineering design (FEED) for the Ulsan Gray Whale 3 floating wind project
The FEED contract for the project offshore South Korea covers engineering for the floater, mooring and inter-array cable in collaboration with an as yet unspecified wind turbine supplier.
The design of the floating foundation will include Technip Energies’ in-house floater technology INO15. With a capacity of 15 MW, INO15 is a three-column semi-submersible floater intended for series production.
The 504-MW Gray Whale 3 project will be built 60-70 km offshore Onsan Port and is one of the three offshore wind projects with a total installed capacity of 1.5 GW that Corio Generation and TotalEnergies are promoting off Ulsan.
Technip Energies SVP carbon free solutions Laure Mandrou said, “We are glad to have been selected, together with Subsea 7 and Samkang, to perform the FEED of this important offshore wind project. We are excited to contribute to the future of floating offshore wind in South Korea.”
Subsea 7 VP floating wind Philippe Gleize said Gray Whale 3 is an exciting opportunity for the company. Samkang M&T chairman Song Moo-suk described floating wind as “a breakthrough project with cutting-edge technology and construction capabilities.”
