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Jeollanamdo and Esbjerg sign MoU

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Kim Yung-rok, governor of South Korea’s province Jeollanamdo and Jesper Frost Rasmussen, mayor of Esbjerg Commune in the Kingdom of Denmark signed a MoU on Wednesday (30.06.2021) morning.

Through the memorandum both parties promise closer cooperation in the fields of renewable energy to fight climate change together. They plan to achieve this by exchanging information and experience as well as exploring possibilities for joint commercial projects and partnerships.

The main focus of this new cooperation will be on offshore wind energy. Just earlier this year, Jeollanamdo has announced to build a 8.2 GW wind farm at the coast of Sinan county. It will become the largest wind farm in the world. Jeollanamdo and Esbjerg are ideal partners, as Esbjerg is one of the world’s leading ports in providing infrastructure for off shore wind parks in the North Sea of Europe.

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic the signing ceremony was held online. The MoU will have a duration of three years but can be expended.

Governor Kim Yung-rok meets Einar H. Jensen, Ambassador of Denmark to the Republic of Korea

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Governor Kim Yung-rok greets the Ambassador of Denmark to the Republic of Korea Einar H. Jensen at Jeollanamdo Provincial Office’s reception room on January 26th

On Tuesday, January 26th, 2021, Kim Yung-rok, Governor of Jeollanamdo held a meeting with Danish ambassador to Korea, Einar Jensen at the Jeollanamdo Provincial Office in Muan. They discussed possible ways to co-operate, especially in the field of the renewable energy industry, including offshore wind power.


In the second meeting since February last year, there was a deeper conversation between the provincial and Danish governments on ways to develop the renewable energy industry as a whole.
Governor Kim also delivered a letter to Jesper Frost Rasmussen, the Mayor of Esbjerg, the center city of the Danish offshore wind power industry, which the Governor inspected in January last year.