GE Vernova and KAPES Awarded Contract to Power South Korea’s Electric Grid Using Latest HVDC Technology
- GE Vernova and KAPES, a KEPCO-GE Vernova joint venture, to add a 500-MW high voltage direct current (HVDC) link to South Korea’s electric grid
- The Shin-bupyeong project, located in Incheon west of Seoul, will relieve overload conditions, and strengthen the grid system
- This latest contract award from KEPCO, in excess of USD $100 million, is the first project by GE Vernova and the KAPES consortium in South Korea using the newest Voltage-Sourced Converter (VSC) HVDC technology, and GE Vernova’s fifth VSC p