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10 Wire & Cable ASIA – September/October 2013
Joint venture
in Korea
Alstom Grid and Korea Electric Power
(Kepco) have formed a joint venture to
deliver high voltage direct current
projects in Korea.
Alstom will hold 49 per cent in the JV,
with Kepco holding the remaining 51
per cent.
The venture, named as Kepco Alstom
Power Electronics Systems (KAPES),
plans to use Alstom technology to
increase Korean transmission grid
capabilities.
Alstom Grid’s senior vice president,
Patrick Plas, said: “This joint venture
will allow Alstom to increase its HVDC
technical footprint in Asia, and [allow]
Kepco to benefit from Alstom’s proven
industrial expertise.”
Previously, Alstom provided the
original 300MW HVDC bipole link for
the 101km point-to-point submarine
interconnection linking South Korea’s
Jeju Island.
Alstom Grid and Kepco began working
together on HVDC projects in Korea in
1997.
Alstom Grid – Egypt
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Korea Electric Power – South Korea
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In a move to improve the reliability of
the Visayas grid, operator National
Grid of Philippines (NGCP) has
confirmed that it will complete the
138kV Ormoc-Maasin transmission line
project by the first quarter of 2014.
The company will strengthen the
existing 138kV line from Ormoc, Leyte,
to Maasin, Southern Leyte, by stringing
another circuit into the 113.97km
facility.
NGCP spokesperson Cynthia P
Alabanza said the project is important
for the continuous power supply in to
the Visayas grid: “For us to be able to
fully dispatch the available supply and
meet the growing demands of the
Visayas, we need to invest in
strengthening our line. Reinforcing our
138kV Ormoc-Maasin line is one step
toward that.”
The new circuit will allow NGCP to
comply with the N-1 contingency that
helps the grid continue to operate,
even when a major system
component is lost. The Southern
Leyte and Bohol regions risk being cut
off from the grid every time the
Ormoc-Maasin line experiences a
power outage.
National Grid of Philippines –
Philippines
Website:
Philippines’ 138kV transmission line
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