Korea Western Power (KOWEPO) carried out a reorganization to smooth out an energy paradigm shift in the wake of the announcement of the 2050 carbon neutrality scenario, which raises greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals and builds a foundation for sustainable growth.
In this context, KOWEPO held a ceremony to award appointment certificates to newly inaugurated heads of the Planning and Management Division, offices at KOWEPO headquarters and chiefs of worksites on Nov. 8. The power company reshuffled officers of second grade or higher positions on Nov. 10.
In the latest reorganization, KOWEPO inaugurated the tentatively named Carbon Neutrality Pursuit Committee, a control tower to purse a companywide carbon neutrality, and the Environment Technology Division, charged with the development and commercialization of eco-friendly new technologies.
The steps are designed to lead the management of carbon neutrality tasks and creation of outcomes at the earliest possible date, diversify means of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, such as the development of large-capacity carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) technologies and reinvigorate the hydrogen economy through the generation based on hydrogen and other fuel.
The Information Technology Division has been created to be responsible for expanding Korean and foreign new energy businesses, implementing new businesses based on ICT, and building a foundation for sustainable growth, such as management attaching top priority to safety.
The Taean Power Generation Headquarters ramped up field safety by inaugurating the “Process Health Department” and expanding the On-Site Safety Team.
Gimpo Construction Headquarters is now charged with the successful construction of the nation’s first Korean-type combined power cycle plant and its test-operation.
The headquarters has been inaugurated to push for the timely conversion of the first unit of the Taean Power Generation Headquarter into an LNG-fueled one.
KOWEPO has raised the efficiency of its headquarters and reassigned 10 percent its manpower to work sites to augment on-site departments.
“Cornerstones should be laid to ramp up the prevention of safety-related accidents and anti-corruption activities above all to realize carbon neutrality and make energy paradigm shift a success,” KOWEPO President Park Hyung-duck said.
He urged the appointed officials to perform their jobs with a sense of responsibility as leaders so that KOWEPO can be upgraded a step higher.
77MW Fuel Cell Generating Unit Dedicated at Seoincheon Power Complex
Dignitaries, including KOWEPO President Park Hyung-duck and President Park Jin-hyun of Korea Electric Safety Corp. and President Yoo Soo-kyung of Doosan Fuel Cell, attended a ceremony to complete the fifth phase project of the Seoincheon fuel cell generating unit on Oct. 29.
The project has been implemented on the former diesel storage tank site of the Seoincheon Power Generation Headquarter in accordance with the government’s initiative of boosting the hydrogen economy.
The latest fifth phase project cost 85.8 billion won in building forty-six, 44kW- fuel cell generation units with a combined capacity of 20MW.
The successful completion of the first to fifth phase project came seven years since the first phase one was dedicated in September 2014. The advancing of the dedication of the fifth phase project one month earned about 3.47 billion won in additional revenues, coupled with electricity sales and REC costs.
The latest phase one brought to 77MW the capacity of the whole project. It is a single fuel cell facility with the nation’s second largest capacity facility following Korea Southern Power’s 77MW facility.
18MW Jangheung Off-Shore Wind Power Facility Dedicated
KOWEPO dedicated an off-shore wind power farm with a capacity of 18MW in Jangheung following the one in Hwasun, Jeollanam-do on Nov. 3.
The wind power facility is outfitted with six, 3MW units. The project, whose groundbreaking took place in February 2020, cost 52 billion won over 22 months of construction.
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