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Wire & Cable ASIA – May/June 2017
Industrynews
Wind power plan in South Korea
South Korean Saemangeum Development and Investment Agency (SDIA) has
signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with Special Purpose Company
(SPC) Saemangeum Offshore Wind Ltd for an offshore wind power project.
The SPC consists of Kepco KPS and Mirae Asset. The project is valued at
$367.74 million and will be entirely funded by private capital. Construction will
begin in April and the project is scheduled for completion in the second half of
2018.
The offshore wind power complex will consist of 28 turbines – 24 turbines with
3.5MW capacity, and four turbines with a capacity of 3MW to 3.2MW. The
investment will include the construction of a 33,000m2 wind power equipment
factory.
The SDIA expects the complex to supply electricity to 62,000 households a year.
South Korean Saemangeum Development and
Investment Agency – South Korea
Website:
Overcoming land restrictions
UPSOLAR (Singapore) Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of solar PV module manufacturer
Upsolar, together with floating technology specialist Koine and Upsolar’s local
installation partner CW, recently deployed a floating PV system at Tengeh
Reservoir in Singapore.
The system is part of a joint project overseen by the Solar Energy Research
Institute of Singapore (SERIS) and spearheaded by the Singapore Economic
Development Board (EDB) and PUB, Singapore’s national water agency.
Upsolar is one of eight companies selected to install its solar panels to eventually
produce close to 100kW of electricity. The panels are mounted on a floating
structure designed by Koine Multimedia, and the installation was conducted by
CW Group in October 2016.
The project will provide analysis into the cost, benefits and challenges of floating
PV systems. SERIS will analyse the PV system, and PUB will study the effects on
the surrounding water environment.
Upsolar (Singapore) Pte Ltd – Singapore Website:
Low-loss contract
A three-company consortium formed by J-Power Systems Corp (JPS), a wholly
owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd, Mitsubishi Corporation,
and Ceylex Engineering (Pvt) Ltd of Sri Lanka, has been appointed to install
overhead power lines between Habarana and Veyangoda in Sri Lanka.
The billion-yen project, planned under a Japanese ODA loan secured by the
Ceylon Electricity Board, will install two 220kV circuits over 150km between the
two cities. JPS is responsible for manufacturing the conductors for the project,
which will be completed by October 2019.
Improved efficiency of the transmission line is needed to advance Sri Lanka’s
economic development, so a large capacity conductor with minimum
transmission loss has been selected for the project.
JPS’s low-loss conductor will be used, for the first time in Sri Lanka, along the
entire length of the network between Habarana in the mid-north region of the
country and Veyangoda near the capital.
J-Power Systems Corp – Japan Website: