Offshore Wind Farm Development, Management and Coexistence Technology

Under the vision ‘Global Top OWF R&D Hub', life-cycle R&D is being undertaken to promote continuous innovation and secure growth engines in the domestic offshore wind farm industry. Resource assessment and wind farm design for South-West demonstration offshore wind farm have been carried out, and integrated SCADA and CMS(Condition Monitoring System) were developed to enhance management and O&M. Also, to reduce installation costs, field demonstrations for suction bucket foundations were undertaken and MMB (Multipurpose Mobile Base) installation vessel development was carried out. Also, Research that facilitates cooperation among local communities to promote renewable energy development is urgently needed. Development of offshorefishery industry collocation research and utility-scale agrophotovoltaic research are being conducted to create a co-existence ecosystem with local communities and eco-friendly and safe farm management technologies are being developed through offshore wind farm environmental monitoring and safety standards establishment. Through lifecycle technology R&D focusing on increasing reliability and the economic feasibility of offshore wind farms as well as social acceptance, we are playing a crucial role in contributing to the national strategic project of developing the South-West 2.4GW offshore wind farm.

Flexible Energy Technology

In order to cope with the frequency instability of the future power system caused by the rapid increase in renewable energy, new flexible energy resources and operation technologies are being developed. First, the world's largest MW-class frequency adjustment supercapacitor system was constructed by further improving the capacity of supercapacitors with characteristics such as high output density, high-speed charge/discharge, and long life. The demonstration operation was completed by developing next-generation operation technologies such as independent and cooperative operation with batteries. As another new flexible resource, the world's first 20Ah-class manganese-based secondary battery was developed, aiming to commercialize it by improving energy density and lifespan characteristics, and developing process technologies. For the stable operation of flexible energy resources, a technology that diagnoses the lifespan and abnormal conditions of batteries autonomously has been developed and applied to ESS for frequency adjustment and system stabilization operated by KEPCO. In the future, it will be applied to new flexible resources alongside the advancement of diagnostic technology.

Perovskite Solar Sells

We are developing semi-transparent, high-efficiency solar cells that use perovskite, which consists of superior photoactive materials that have high photoelectric conversion efficiency comparable to that of silicon solar cells, and are capable of manufacturing lightweight, transparent and flexible solar cells at relatively low cost. The inverted structure flat-panel solar cell (1cm2) achieved the world's highest efficiency of 23.2%, while demonstrating an efficiency of 18.6% in the large-area module (100cm2). Furthermore, it maintained an initial efficiency of 90% even after undergoing a 2,000-hour artificial solar test, ensuring durability for commercialization. Currently, it is manufacturing a 10W prototype and conducting research oriented towards commercialization, including the development of optimal manufacturing processes. Its ultimate goal is to develop and commercialize prototypes of glass arc solar cells for the market.