TotalEnergies Offshore Wind Korea

 discusses community acceptance in offshore wind at WCE 2023

 

•       Guillaume Le Maréchal, Managing Director of TotalEnergies Offshore Wind Korea, delivered a presentation at the France-Korea Offshore Wind Seminar in WCE 2023

•       Sharing experiences in the field of offshore wind power projects in Korea and best practices for social acceptance in France

 

2023. 06. 05 – On May 26^th, Guillaume Le Maréchal, Managing Director of TotalEnergies Offshore Wind Korea (Deputy Project Director of BadaEnergy), shared experiences in the field of offshore wind power projects in Korea and best practices for community acceptance in France at the France-Korea Offshore Wind Seminar in the 2023 World Climate Industry Expo (WCE) held at the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center (BEXCO) in Busan.

 

The France-Korea Offshore Wind Seminar was co-hosted by the French Environment and Energy Management Agency(ADEME) and the Korea Energy Agency(KEA), with French ambassador to the Republic of Korea Phillipe Lefort and offshore wind experts attending.

 

The WCE 2023, which was held from May 25 to 27 is the nation's largest exhibition of climate change and the energy industry, and a great many domestic and foreign companies in the field of climate energy, government officials, representatives of international organizations and institutions attended the event. 

 

Guillaume Le Maréchal, who delivered a presentation at the seminar on the theme of ‘offshore wind power community acceptance: initiatives and challenges,’ said, “BadaEnergy is actively participating in activities to know more about stakeholders including the villagers at every development stage, aiming for mutual cooperation agreement that can contribute to the village.”

 

Regarding community acceptance, he emphasized that the core of social acceptance is ‘co-existence with local community.’ In Ulsan city, the Ulsan Floating Offshore Wind Association was recently launched with the goal of promoting the development of the offshore wind industry in Ulsan in attendance of the UCCI’s chairman and representatives of five member companies. BadaEnergy is continuously expanding environmental education to achieve a sustainable future and growth of the local economy for future generations focused on elementary schools in Ulsan and cooperation with UNIST to foster local talent in the offshore wind power sector.

 

He also expressed his gratitude to ADEME, KEA and the French embassy to the Republic of Korea for the opportunity to share experiences in the offshore wind.

 

In May 2021, TotalEnergies, which rebranded its name from Total to TotalEnergies with an ambition to become a global multi-energy company, is currently developing a portfolio of offshore wind projects with a total capacity of more than 11 GW. In Korea, the company operates BadaEnergy portfolio, a joint offshore wind project, by joining forces with Corio Generation(‘Corio’), Green Investment Group (GIG)’s specialist offshore wind business, and leading South Korean company SK ecoplant. BadaEnergy portfolio comprises more than 2GW of offshore wind projects in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) off Ulsan and South Jeolla Province (Geomundo and Maenggoldo).  

 

 

 

Photo 1) On May 26^th, Guillaume Le Maréchal, Managing Director of TotalEnergies Offshore Wind Korea (Deputy Project Director of BadaEnergy) delivered a presentation at the France-Korea Offshore Wind Seminar in the 2023 World Climate Industry Expo (WCE) held at the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center (BEXCO) in Busan.

 

 

Photo 2) On May 26^th, Guillaume Le Maréchal, Managing Director of TotalEnergies Offshore Wind Korea (Deputy Project Director of BadaEnergy) delivered a presentation at the France-Korea Offshore Wind Seminar in the 2023 World Climate Industry Expo (WCE) held at the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center (BEXCO) in Busan.