{"id":1356,"date":"2017-05-23T12:10:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-23T11:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:3000\/?p=1356"},"modified":"2022-01-31T07:12:42","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T07:12:42","slug":"loc-wins-mws-contract-60mw-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abl-group.com\/abl\/all-media\/blog\/loc-wins-mws-contract-60mw-project\/","title":{"rendered":"LOC wins MWS contract for 60MW project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>LOC Korea will provide MWS services for the test phase of the Southwest Offshore Windfarm Project, being built by Korea Offshore Wind Power<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Seoul, 22 May 2017 \u2013 LOC Group has been retained by Korea Offshore Wind Power (KOWP) and Swiss Re to carry out marine warranty surveying (MWS) services on the 60MW test phase of Korea\u2019s Southwest Offshore Windfarm Project. LOC\u2019s contract for services will run from the second quarter of 2017 until early 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The project, which will include twenty 3MW wind turbines from Korean manufacturer Doosan, and an offshore high voltage substation, is being built by KOWP, a subsidiary of Korean utility KEPCO. Furthermore, the scheme will provide an R&amp;D opportunity for the construction team, with the installation of two different foundation types for comparison.<\/p>\n<p>A combination of suction bucket type foundations (developed by KEPRI) and a Warren Truss type four leg jacket (developed by POSCO, a multinational steel-marker headquartered in Pohang) will be used on the site.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the agreement Zhoongkeun Kim, Country Manager at LOC Korea, said: \u201cThe Southwest Offshore Windfarm Project shows Korea\u2019s strong commitment to engineering and technical expertise in offshore wind development.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur marine warranty survey on behalf of Swiss Re will ensure the construction of the its test phase meets the highest technical and international standards for offshore engineering.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As part of the international LOC Group, which has extensive offshore wind experience all over the world, LOC Korea has provided MWS to Korea\u2019s first offshore wind farm, the 30MW Tamra project off the southern island of Jeju, which began producing power in September 2016.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLOC Korea were an ideal choice to provide MWS for KOWP. Their local team combine strong technical expertise with an understanding of local market needs, backed by extensive international experience,\u201d said HyunTae Cho, Senior Engineering Underwriter at Swiss Re.<\/p>\n<p>RV Ahilan, Group Director, Renewables Advisory &amp; Energy Technology at LOC Group added, \u201cLOC Korea\u2019s win on this important project further adds to the Group\u2019s global experience and expertise in offshore wind engineering consultancy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Outside of Asia, the <a href=\"http:\/\/localhost:3000\/renewables\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LOC Renewables<\/a> team have provided engineering services to more than two thirds of offshore wind farms in Europe, and to a growing number of projects in North America.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOC Korea will provide MWS services for the test phase of the Southwest Offshore Windfarm Project, being built by Korea Offshore Wind Power Seoul, 22 May 2017 \u2013 LOC Group has been retained by Korea Offshore Wind Power (KOWP) and Swiss Re to carry out marine warranty surveying (MWS) services on the 60MW test phase [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1357,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27],"sector":[],"service":[],"company":[],"class_list":["post-1356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-renewables"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.6 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - 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