WCA May 2017

Industry news

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 33,000m 2 wind power equipment factory. The SDIA expects the complex to supply electricity to 62,000 households a year. South Korean Saemangeum Development and 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 : www.upsolar.com 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 : www.jpowers.co.jp Investment Agency – South Korea Website : www.saemangeum.go.kr 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.

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