#South Korea

Hyundai Engineering & Construction has secured consecutive bids for a 380 kV transmission line project commissioned by the Saudi Electricity Company.

HD Hyundai Electric plans to invest 397 billion won ($272.3 million) to boost production capacities for 765 kV ultra-high-capacity transformers at its plants in Ulsan and Alabama.

LS ELECTRIC announced that KOC Electric has expanded its ultra-high-voltage transformer production facility at its Ulsan plant.

The Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) has inaugurated its high-voltage direct current (HVDC) converter stations on Jeju Island in collaboration with Hitachi Energy.

LS Electric will supply high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transformers (CTR) for the second phase of the East Coast-Capital Region HVDC project.

North Korea has severed the power lines installed by South Korea to supply electricity to the now-closed joint industrial park in Kaesong, a North Korean border city.

LS Electric is set to sign a 500 billion won ($358 million) deal with a GE-KEPCO joint venture to build a high voltage direct current (HVDC) converter transformer system.

HD Hyundai Electric Co. has completed a new storage facility for transformers at its production plant in Alabama, USA.

Hyosung Heavy Industries has signed a 35 billion won ($25.9 million) transformer supply contract with Powerlink.

Hyosung Heavy Industries has secured a 330 billion won ($240 million) deal to supply 420 kV high-voltage transformers to Norway’s electricity agency Statnett.

The company will supply nine transformers with capacities of 275 to 400 kV to five substations operated by National Grid by October 2027.

The firm will conduct a project for 500 kV underground power network between Badr City and the new HVDC converter station.

LS Electric Co. will supply about 120 billion won ($90 million) worth of power equipment to a new renewable energy site in the United States.

Ulsan suffered a major blackout early after midnight on Dec 20, the second time this month, after a cat short-circuited a substation.

A massive power outage hit the southeastern industrial city of Ulsan on Wednesday, leaving around 155,000 households without electricity for about two hours.

HD Hyundai Electric & Energy Systems Co. has clinched a major deal to supply extra-high voltage transformers to a California municipal electric utility.

The heavy electric device company plans to expand production capacity following its biggest-ever deal.

HBA Future Energy has been awarded a Preferred Supplier Agreement (PSA) by Anma Offshore Wind (Anma) for the provision of an offshore substation (OSS).

LS Cable & System and LS Marine Solution have been selected as preferred bidders for the submarine cable contract for the 532 MW Anma Offshore Wind Power Project in South Korea.

Taihan Cable & Solution Co. has won a power grid deal in Bahrain worth about $60 million.

American Electric Power (AEP) has ordered transformers worth $86 M from a South Korean electrical equipment manufacturer.

GE Renewable Energy and Hyundai Electric have announced the signature of a strategic partnership agreement concerning the South Korean offshore wind market.

South Korea, Seoul: GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions business and KAPES, a KEPCO-GE joint venture, has been awarded a contract exceeding $100 M.

South Korea, Shingal: KEPCO has developed a cost-effective method to bring superconducting transmission lines and substations into commercial operation.