Blue Wind Engineering, a provider of wind energy solutions, has recently announced that it has awarded Kinewell Energy a contract to optimize the substation location and inter-array cable route for the 600MW Wando-Guemil project in South Korea.
The Wando-Guemil Offshore Wind Farm is a significant project being developed by KEON, supported by Dohwa and Blue Wind Engineering. The project is located in South-West Korea, and it aims to produce 600 MW of energy.
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To achieve this goal, Blue Wind Engineering has partnered with Kinewell Energy, a provider of artificial intelligence-based cable-layout optimization technology. Kinewell Energy's KLOC (Kinewell Layout Optimization Cable) solution can design an economically optimized inter-array cable layout in a short amount of time while prioritizing the optimization of capital costs against operational costs, such as electrical distribution losses.
According to Dr. Andrew Jenkins, the CEO and founder of Kinewell Energy, “We are delighted to have been selected by Blue Wind Engineering to support them on this exciting project. Our unique KLOC technology will help maximize the value of the project, through optimizing both the substation location and the inter-array cable system.”
Dr. Jone Oh, the CEO of Blue Wind Engineering, also expressed excitement about working with Kinewell Energy, saying, “We are looking forward to working with the Kinewell Energy team on this project, and the value-added they bring through their KLOC inter-array cable layout optimization technology.”
The contract with Kinewell Energy follows the global launch of the company's next-generation KLOC software at the Global Offshore Wind conference in the summer of 2022. Kinewell Energy developed this innovation with a share of £3.5m in match funding from the North of Tyne Combined Authority's TIGGOR program delivered by the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult.
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This partnership between Blue Wind Engineering and Kinewell Energy demonstrates the importance of using innovative technologies to optimize offshore wind farm projects, ensuring they are economically viable while maximizing energy production. As the demand for renewable energy continues to grow, partnerships like this one will play a crucial role in the development of sustainable energy solutions.
