Development of a Shared Platform for Environmental Monitoring Information for Offshore Wind Energy Projects

The objective of the study is to develop a specialized sharing platform for offshore wind power, enabling offshore wind power stakeholders to utilize environmental information related to offshore wind power. The offshore wind environmental information platform provides monitoring results for major environmental aspects such as birds, marine mammals, fish, underwater noise, electromagnetic fields, and scour. These results are gathered following the construction of Korea's southwest and Jeju Hanlim offshore wind farms. In addition, this platform allows users to confirm the results of the environmental rating in the southwest sea area and adjust the weight for each item as needed. It provides communication guidelines for the entire project process for communication and smooth agreement between stakeholders in the offshore wind power project, as well as guidelines for preparing environmental impact assessments for offshore wind power development projects based on the results of monitoring the marine environment of offshore wind power complexes. The offshore wind energy environmental information platform offers objective ecological information related to offshore wind power, providing data to verify various controversial issues, and is expected to contribute to reducing environmental impact assessment costs and securing social acceptance. This work was supported by the KETEP and the MOTIE of the Republic of Korea (No. 20203030020080) and conducted by Korea Environment Institute.