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South Korea
68,273,9 MW - 249 windfarms - 616 turbines (*)


Official installed capacities  

 Year Capacity
(MW)
Growth
(%)
Onshore share
(MW)
Offshore share
(MW)
 19970
 19980
 19990
 20000
 20010
 200216
 200319
 200423
 2005119
 2006176
 2007192
 2008278
 2009348
 2010379
 2011406
 2012483
 2013561
 2014609
 2015835
 20161,031
 20171,136
 20181,302
 20191,420
 20201,636
 20211,708
 20221,893
 20232,167
 20242,300
 20252,451


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Zones (*)  

 Zone Connected
capacity (MW)
Share (%)
 Gangwon-do
 Gyeongsangbuk-do
 Offshore
 Jeollanam-do
 Jeju-do
 Gyeongsangnam-do
 Chungcheongbuk-do
 Incheon-si
 Jeollabuk-do
 Gyeonggi-do
 Ulsan
 Busan
 Unidentified 0,0


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Top 10 manufacturers (*)  

 Manufacturer Connected
capacity (MW)
Market share (%)
 Vestas
 Doosan
 Unison
 Siemens-Gamesa
 Siemens
 Hyundai
 Acciona
 Neg Micon
 Alstom Power
 Enercon
 Others 66,4
 Unidentified 727,0


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Top 25 turbines (*)  

 Turbine Connected
capacity (MW)
Market share (%)
 V80/2000
 V112/3300
 V136/4000-4200
 U113
 AW-1500/77
 WinDS3000/91
 V90/3000
 110
 NM82/1650
 WinDS3000/134
 HQ2000/93
 SWT-3.0-101
 V100/2000
 WinDS3000/100
 V126/3450
 SWT-3.2-113
 E92/2350
 SG 3.4-132
 HJWT1500/70
 HS90-2MW
 V52/850
 U93
 NM72c/1500
 HQ5500/140
 aM 5.0/139
 Others 17,2
 Unidentified 1,013,5


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Turbine power distribution (*)  

 Power range Number of connected
turbines
Represented capacity
(MW)
 Less than 1 MW
 1 to 2 MW
 2 to 3 MW
 3 to 4 MW
 4 to 5 MW
 5 to 6 MW
 6 to 7 MW
 7 to 8 MW
 More than 8 MW


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Wind farm age distribution (*)  

 Period Number of connected
wind farms
Number of connected
turbines
Represented capacity (MW)
 Before 1980
 1980 to 1989
 1990 to 1999
 2000 to 2009
 2010 to 2019
 Since 2020
 Undated


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Main windfarms in operation

Hallym (100,0 MW)
Gawip (98,0 MW)
Jeonnam 1 (96,0 MW)
YEP (76,0 MW)
Yeonggwang (73,6 MW)
Bonghwa Omisan (66,0 MW)
Yeong Yang (61,5 MW)
Yeong Yang (59,4 MW)
STX Yeongyang (56,1 MW)
Uljin (54,0 MW)
Geumseongsan (52,0 MW)
Cheongsong Myunbong (50,4 MW)
Gangwon (50,0 MW)
Yeongwol (46,2 MW)
Yangyang Wind Power (46,2 MW)


Recent windfarms

Jeonnam 1 (96,0 MW)
Yeongwol (46,2 MW)
Yeonggwang Baeksu (8,0 MW)
Samsu (21,0 MW)
Gunsan 4.3 MW (4,3 MW)
Ulsan 750 kW floating demonstrator (0,0 MW)
Southwest Offshore Wind Project (39,0 MW)
Southwest Offshore Wind Project (21,0 MW)
Tamra (30,0 MW)
Cheonbuk (7,1 MW)


Legend

#ND: no data
(*): according to The Wind Power database


Update for this sheet

2 April 2026




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