GE and KAPES awarded contract to power South Korea’s electric grid using latest HVDC technology

• GE and KAPES, a KEPCO-GE 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 and the KAPES consortium in South Korea using the newest Voltage-Sourced Converter (VSC) HVDC technology, and GE’s fifth VSC project in the world

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