Press Release

Doosan Enerbility announced on September 3rd that it had opened the Doosan Wind Power Center(WPC), a nationwide central control tower for wind turbines, on Jeju island.  The opening ceremony was attended by prominent figures, including Younghoon Oh, Governor of Jeju Special Self-Governing Province; Sang-bong Lee, Chairman of Jeju Special Self-Governing Provincial Council; Bumsik Kim, Director of Korea Energy Agency’s New & Renewable Energy Center; Yeonin Jung, Vice Chairman and COO of Doosan Enerbility; Seungwoo Sohn, CEO of Doosan Enerbility’s Power Services Business Group; Yohan Yun, Chief Marketing Officer of Doosan Enerbility, as well as local residents from the region.

The Wind Power Center is a two-story building that was built on a 496.34m2-sized area located in Oradong, Jeju City.  Doosan Enerbility is the first among Korean wind turbine manufacturers to have built this type of “central control tower,” one that is aimed at providing remote technical support services to wind turbines deployed across the country.

In its role as central control tower, the Wind Power Center will be operated to conduct 24-hour real-time monitoring and control on all wind turbines deployed across Korea and for which Doosan is providing maintenance services. The operating history and accumulated data will be collectively analyzed by the WPC for detecting any possible errors from early on and minimizing equipment failures, leading to improvements in the capacity factor. This is expected to lead to a more stable wind turbine operation and increased power generation.

“It is truly meaningful to be opening the Doosan Wind Power Center here on Jeju Island, which is home to Korea’s very first offshore wind farm,” said Doosan Enerbility’s Vice Chairman Yeonin Jung.  “We hope to generate even more energy in the future using our winds and, in the process, we aim to contribute to promoting the growth of our country’s wind ecosystem.”

Doosan Enerbility first ventured into the wind power business in 2005 and since then, it has supplied wind turbines with a combined installed capacity of 347.5MW across Korea to date.  Having supplied offshore wind turbines for numerous projects in Korea, including the Jeju Tamra Offshore Wind Farm (30MW) in 2017, North Jeolla Province’s Southwest Sea Offshore Wind Farm (60MW) in 2019 and Jeju Hallim Offshore Wind Farm (100MW) in 2025, Doosan holds the largest track record among Korean companies in this field.  This past July, Doosan also obtained international certification for its homegrown 10MW offshore wind turbine.

▲ Key attendees, including Younghoon Oh, Governor of Jeju Special Self-Governing Province (front row, 2nd from the left) and Yeonin Jung, Vice Chairman & COO of Doosan Enerbility (front row, 3rd from the left), take an indoor tour of the Doosan WPC on Sept 3.

▲ Key attendees, including Younghoon Oh, Governor of Jeju Special Self-Governing Province (6th from the right), and Yeonin Jung, Vice Chairman & COO of Doosan Enerbility (7th from the right), pose for a group photo at the Doosan WPC Opening Ceremony held in Oradong, Jeju on Sept 3.

▲ Key attendees, including Younghoon Oh, Governor of Jeju Special Self-Governing Province (6th from the right), and Yeonin Jung, Vice Chairman & COO of Doosan Enerbility (7th from the right), pose for a group photo at the Doosan WPC Opening Ceremony held in Oradong, Jeju on Sept 3.

▲ View of the Doosan Wind Power Center (WPC)