lGIG and Total sign an industrial-academic cooperation agreement with Mokpo National Maritime University to develop a floating offshore wind project in South Jeolla Province.

lGIG and Total will deliver lectures about the offshore wind energy, award scholarships to outstanding students, and support internship programs.

lGIG and total expect to contribute to the discovery of local talents and regional job creation through industrial-academic cooperation.

 

 

 

(December 4, 2020) GIG and Total today announced on the signing ceremony of an MOU with Mokpo National Maritime University to pursue industrial-academic cooperation in the development of offshore wind project in South Jeolla Province.

 

 

 

Green Investment Group (GIG), a global leading green energy development and investment company, and Total, a broad energy company, are developing multiple floating offshore wind projects in Korea, including the ones in Jindo-gun and Yeosu city in South Jeolla Province. GIG and Total signed the business agreement with Mokpo National Maritime University to nurture local professionals in the field of floating offshore wind and furthermore to contribute to quality job creation in the region, through establishing an industrial-academic cooperative program for the floating offshore wind project.

 

 

 

Under the agreement, GIG and Total plan to deliver lectures about the floating offshore wind energy, award scholarships to outstanding students, and support internship programs. Mokpo National Maritime University will arrange a curriculum on the floating offshore wind and share materials that are necessary for the education and field experience program to operate in a fruitful way.

 

 

 

GIG and Total are sparing no efforts to fulfill the Korean government’s Green New Deal plan of revitalizing local economy and creating jobs through the renewable energy by cooperating with a variety of educational institutions and corporations in the country during the development of floating offshore wind projects.

 

 

 

Meanwhile, GIG and Total have been seeking cooperative development plans in a diversified way with the Korean government and companies, including South Jeolla Province, Hyundai Heavy Industries, and SK E&C, to successfully promote the floating offshore wind projects.

 

Photo 1) GIG and Total signed an MOU with Mokpo National Maritime University to pursue industrial-academic cooperation in the development of floating offshore wind energy.

Photo 2) GIG and Total signed an MOU with Mokpo National Maritime University to pursue industrial-academic cooperation in the development of floating offshore wind energy.

Photo 3) GIG and Total signed an MOU with Mokpo National Maritime University, both on and offline.

Photo 4) GIG and Total signed an MOU with Mokpo National Maritime University, both on and offline.