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Technip Energies and partners

win contract for the Ulsan Gray

Whale 3 in South Korea

ASIA TECHNIP Energies, together with its consor- Subsea 7 floating wind VP Philippe Gleize
tium partners, has won a Front-End Engineer- said: “The Gray Whale 3 Offshore Windfarm
ing Design (FEED) contract for the Ulsan Gray project represents an exciting opportunity for
Whale 3 floating offshore wind farm in South Subsea 7 and furthers our involvement in the
Korea. The consortium includes engineering, floating wind market in South Korea. “We are
construction and services company Subsea 7 very pleased to have been selected as a consor-
and South Korea-based shipbuilding and repair tium partner and are looking forward to work-
company Samkang M&T. ing collaboratively with our clients and all parties
Wind project developers Corio Generation involved in maximising the wealth of knowledge,
and TotalEnergies have selected the consortium capability and expertise we collectively bring to
to conduct a detailed FEED study for the off- deliver this FEED project.”
shore wind farm. Under the FEED contract, the Ulsan Gray Whale 3 is a 504MW offshore
consortium will provide engineering services for wind project, located about 60 to 70km from
the floater, mooring, and inter-array cable (IAC), Onsan port in Ulsan, offshore the East Coast of
in collaboration with a wind turbine supplier. South Korea. It is one of the three offshore wind
Technip Energies is expected to incorporate projects that Corio Generation and TotalEner-
its in-house floater technology, INO15, into the gies are developing off the Ulsan coast, with a
design. The 15MW capacity INO15 technol- total installed capacity of 1.5GW. In 2021, Corio
ogy is based on a three column semi-submers- Generation and TotalEnergies obtained an elec-
ible floater which is well suited for large-scale tric business license (EBL) from South Korea’s
production. Electricity Regulatory Commission for the first
Technip Energies SVP carbon-free solutions phase of the project.
Laure Mandrou said: “While leveraging our Earlier this month, a consortium comprising
in-house floater technology INO15TM and the TotalEnergies and Corio Generation was pre-se-
complementarity of strong industrial players, we lected by the French Directorate Gehhhnerhhh-
are excited to contribute to build the future of the hgvvgvval for Energy and Climate (DGEC) to
floating offshore wind in South Korea fostering develop two floating windfarms in the Mediter-
the global nergy transition.” ranean Sea.™

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