BadaEnergy conducts marine energy education campaign: ‘Together with Ocean’ in collaboration with KOSM
“Let’s explore ocean energy through hands-on
experiences”
BadaEnergy conducts marine energy education campaign:
‘Together with Ocean’ in collaboration with KOSM
• BadaEnergy
and the National Ocean Science Museum staged a local ESG education campaign ‘Together
with Ocean’ at an elementary school located in Buk-gu, Ulsan.
• A lecture
on marine energy such as tidal and offshore wind, along with a hands-on session
making wind-powered LED lighthouses aroused students’ scientific interest.
[2024. 05. 20] BadaEnergy, a portfolio of offshore wind projects in South Korea jointly
developed by Corio Generation, TotalEnergies and SK ecoplant, announced on May 20
that it conducted a marine energy education campaign, titled ‘Together with
Ocean,’ at an elementary school located in Buk-gu, Ulsan in collaboration with
the National Ocean Science Museum (Director Kim Oe-cheol).
Marking the third year in a row, the campaign ‘Together
with Ocean’ (Subtitled: Ocean #We Promise You #We are With You), is a
representative local ESG program of BadaEnergy, which is carrying out 1.5GW floating
offshore wind projects off the coast of Ulsan. This educational campaign is
designed for future generations fighting against climate crisis, to learn about
eco-friendly energy including wind and to encourage them to take an active
interest in carbon neutrality and marine environmental protection. This program
is conducted in collaboration with the National Ocean Science Museum (KOSM)
every year.
The campaign provided two classes of sixth graders at the
elementary school in Buk-gu, Ulsan, with education and hands-on sessions to foster
better understanding and scientific interest in marine energy.
In the first session, the KOSM, the only institution
in Korea that offers education and exhibitions of marine science, introduced a
variety of types and concepts of marine energy such as tidal, offshore wind,
and ocean thermal energy, under the theme of ‘Let’s Explore Marine Energy with
the Turtle Ship of Korean admiral Yi Sun-shin.’ During the second session for hands-on
experiences, the students had a fun time understanding the principles of wind turbines
more easily by making a wind-powered LED lighthouse model and competing to keep
the lighthouse’s LED light bulbs on by mouth blowing.
On the same day, BadaEnergy also delivered to students
a set of eco-friendly school supplies from a local zero-waste shop in Ulsan. By
using eco-friendly products that minimize plastic waste discarded into landfill
or the nature environment including oceans, the students recognized the zero-waste
culture again and developed a consensus on the necessity to put carbon
neutrality into practice as well as reduce their carbon footprint by using
local stores.
“We have witnessed better responses from students participating
in the campaign since it consists of both an education class that is tailored
to students’ learning level and hands-on activities to raise their interest,” said
BadaEnergy, which has been sponsoring the campaign for three years. “Since Ulsan
is a city where one of the world’s largest floating offshore wind farms is
being developed, we will also take responsibility as a member of the local
community and strive to increase ESG program opportunities for future
generations.”
Lee Beom-seok, a senior researcher at the KOSM, said, “The
campaign provided great opportunity to inform younger generations of the
importance of renewable energy that can be obtained from the ocean, and
starting in Ulsan, we’ll further expand an ’Ocean Science Museum Outreach’
education program starting from September.”
Meanwhile, in addition to the ocean and carbon
neutrality education programs for elementary schools in Ulsan, BadaEnergy
continues to carry out ESG activities to co-prosper with the local community,
including supporting environmental education projects through Community Welfare
Center in Ulsan and ChildFund Korea. It is also holding a content contest for
college students in Ulsan under the theme of ‘Floating offshore wind projects
to co-prosper with the local community’ from March, with an aim to improve the
understanding of offshore wind among youths and enhance communication with the
local community.
Photo 1) BadaEnergy
conducted marine energy education campaign ‘Together with Ocean’ with the KOSM
at the elementary school located in Buk-gu, Ulsan, on May 17.
Photo 2) BadaEnergy
conducted marine energy education campaign ‘Together with Ocean’ with the KOSM
at the elementary school located in Buk-gu, Ulsan, on May 17.