Dedicated Personnel Assigned from the Design Stage, One-Stop Service Provided
Pre-Installation Inspections Conducted Onshore... Offshore Inspections Reduced
On the 22nd, at the Korea Electrical Safety Corporation in Wanju-gun, Jeonbuk, Nam Hwayeong (ninth from the left) and officials are taking a commemorative photo at the Wind Power Inspection Launch Ceremony. 2025.12.22 Korea Electrical Safety Corporation.
The Korea Electrical Safety Corporation has established a dedicated team to support the smooth operation of offshore wind power facilities and has decided to improve inspection procedures and methods.
On December 22, at its headquarters in Wanju-gun, Jeonbuk, the Korea Electrical Safety Corporation announced that it held a launch ceremony for the Wind Power Inspection Team. The team, consisting of 44 members, was organized to address inspection bottlenecks that have arisen due to the recent increase in offshore wind power facilities.
Offshore wind power facilities are expected to increase rapidly in line with the government's energy transition policy. The government recently announced plans to expand offshore wind power, which is currently at 0.35 GW as of 2025 based on commercial operation, to a cumulative capacity of over 25 GW by 2035.
The issue is that, since offshore wind power facilities are installed at sea, the inspection time can vary depending on weather conditions.
An official from the Korea Electrical Safety Corporation stated, "Offshore wind power facilities face many variables during the inspection period due to factors such as rough seas. As offshore wind power becomes larger in scale and size, a surge in inspection demand is expected. To proactively respond, we will assign dedicated personnel from the design stage and provide a one-stop service, such as conducting inspections on the date requested by operators."
Along with the launch of the dedicated team, the corporation has also completely revamped the inspection process. Previously, all 129 inspection items-including foundation structure inspection, grid connection inspection, and completion inspection-were conducted at sea. If adverse marine weather conditions occurred, the inspection could be delayed by more than two months.
Under the revised inspection method, a pre-installation inspection (covering 79 items) is conducted onshore while the power facility is being assembled, and a foundation structure inspection (6 items) is carried out at sea.
Subsequently, the grid connection inspection (19 items) and completion inspection (25 items) are conducted in an onshore remote control room, which allows the proportion of inspections conducted at sea to be reduced by approximately 80%.
The Korea Electrical Safety Corporation expects that, with the establishment of the dedicated team and the overhaul of inspection procedures, the waiting time for wind power facility inspections can be significantly reduced to about one week.
Nam Hwayeong, President of the Korea Electrical Safety Corporation, stated, "Without a stable energy supply, the energy transition cannot succeed. Unlike before, we have drastically reduced the proportion of work conducted at sea, significantly shortening the time required for inspections."
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