South Korea is targeting 12 GW of offshore wind development by 2030. The proposed Sinan development, due online by 2029, constitutes more than two thirds of the target. The wind speed off Sinan’s 14 islands is a convenient 7.2 m/s and, at less than 30m, water depths are suited to fixed-bottom wind development. However, it would be impossible to build the wind farms without encroaching on fishing territories within the stator network.