Developer Deep Wind Offshore’s (DWO) plans to build a gigascale bottom-fixed wind development off South Korea have taken a key step forward, after it locked-in site exclusivity for a shallow-water site in the Southern Sea by setting the seal on an order for pair of floating Lidars from local technology supplier Seatech.

The deal is central to the Norwegian outfit’s ambition to construct a lead-off array of 700MW-1GW in waters off the Asian island nation, which is targeting having 12GW of offshore wind turning by 2030.