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GS Entec showcases Nakwol wind farm project at World Smart Energy Week

Published: 19 Mar. 2026, 17:37 Updated: 19 Mar. 2026, 19:17

LIM JEONG-WON
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Visitors to GS Entec's booth at World Smart Energy Week 2026 are seen looking around video displays at an exhibition hall in Tokyo on March 19. [GS ENTEC]

GS Entec participated in World Smart Energy Week 2026 to target global offshore wind markets, the company announced on Thursday.

The event is a renewable energy exhibition held in Tokyo from Tuesday to Thursday. The event drew around 1,600 companies from 67 countries.

GS Entec hosted a booth at the exhibition and showcased videos showing how the Yeonggwang Nakwol Offshore Wind Farm, a large-scale offshore wind farm currently being built in the waters near Nakwol-myeon, South Jeolla, is being constructed. Once completed, the farm will house a total of 64 5.7-megawatt wind turbines installed for a total capacity of 367 megawatts.

The company also showed a video of a collaboration with Sif, a Dutch company, in developing state-of-the-art automation equipment with the capability to manufacture 15-megawatt-class ultralarge monopiles.

GS Entec also held meetings with major Japanese trading companies during the exhibition to discuss potential supply arrangements, according to the company.

Lee Hyuk, Korean ambassador to Japan, also visited the GS Entec booth on Thursday and expressed hope for the continued success of Korean companies in the Japanese offshore wind market.

Monopiles made by GS Entec are being installed at the Yeonggwang Nakwol Offshore Wind Farm in Yeonggwang, South Jeolla, in this file photo provided by the company. [GS ENTEC]

The offshore wind markets in Korea and Japan are expected to grow to a combined capacity of about 20.5 gigawatts by 2030, driven by carbon neutrality policies, according to industry estimates.

GS Entec’s Ulsan Yongjam plant, which has received about 300 billion won ($199 million) in investment, is nearing completion of its conversion into a monopile production facility based on technology developed in partnership with Sif. Once the facility is completed in June and is fully operational later this year, the plant is expected to have an annual production capacity of 150,000 tons of monopiles, according to GS Entec.

“As the energy transition accelerates, what the market demands is proven technology and a reliable supply chain,” said GS Entec CEO Huh Cheol-hong. “Based on our world-class monopile technology and the successful experience of the Yeonggwang Nakwol project, GS Entec aims to become an unrivaled partner in the Japanese offshore wind market, extending beyond Korea.”

BY LIM JEONG-WON [[email protected]]