Network Synchronization

The gas combined cycle power generation plant in Maharashtra, India.
The gas combined cycle power generation plant in Maharashtra, India.

 

Korea Western Power Co. (KOWEPO) announced on July 11 that it successfully completed the first network synchronization of the 388 MW gas combined cycle power generation plant in Maharashtra, India, on July 6.

The plant broke ground at the industrial complex in Maharashtra state, the center of the Indian industry, in February 2012. Despite the rapid fall of the Indian rupee at the second half of 2013 due to the aftermath of the Greek financial crisis, it has been undergoing construction.

The network synchronization is the process to supply power generated in the plant to power grids for the first time and comprehensively check the conditions of facilities. It is considered the first fine control process in order to achieve commercial operation.

KOWEPO aims to complete phased load tests and reliability tests by the end of this month and start commercial operation early August. The company expects to turn over 88 billion won (US$76.6 million) a year on average over the next 25 years by stably operating the plant in the future. 

Meanwhile, KOWEPO is planning to expand business development based on countries in which the company is conducting plant construction and operation businesses, including the 410 MW Senamnoi hydroelectric power plant with the current official rate of 55 percent in Laos. 

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