Doosan Enerbility has signed its first gas turbine supply contract for the year with Korea Southern Power (KOSPO).
On February 11th, Doosan Enerbility announced that it had held a contract signing ceremony with KOSPO for the supply of three 380MW gas turbines. The signing ceremony which was held at Doosan Enerbility’s Changwon headquarters was attended by the related parties, including Sungjae Seo, Executive Director of KOSPO’s Engineering Safety Division, and Seungwoo Sohn, CEO of Doosan Enerbility’s Power Services Business Group.
Under the terms of this agreement, Doosan Enerbility will be delivering three of its gas turbines to two power plant sites of KOSPO. Two of the gas turbines will be delivered to the 1000MW Hadong Combined Cycle Power Plant being built in Hadong County of Gyeongnam Province, while another one will be delivered to the 500MW Goyang-Changneung Combined Cycle Power Plant in Goyang city of Gyeonggi Province, along with generators and auxiliary equipment that are also to be supplied by Doosan. Both power plants have December 2029 set as their target date for commercial operation.
Doosan Enerbility is currently engaged in close cooperation with KOSPO, the operator of the most gas turbines in Korea, on promoting the Korean domestic gas turbine industry. Since 2018, the two companies have been collaborating on the development of hot gas path parts for 7F-class* gas turbines and pursuing the local development of core technologies. Owing to such efforts, the local manufacturing of key components, such as the 7F gas turbine, combustor and rotor, was accomplished, and commissioning of the Busan Bit Dream Power Plant successfully took place thereafter leading to commercial operation. As part of the global marketing efforts, the two companies also gave a joint presentation at the world’s largest gas turbine users conference held in the United States last year to promote Korea’s gas turbine technology to global clients.
* 7F gas turbine: gas turbine model with a turbine inlet temperature of approximately 1300-1400℃.
”KOSPO has signed procurement agreements for a total of four gas turbines to date, including this recent contract, thereby playing a crucial role in expanding the local manufacturing of gas turbines and cultivating a local ecosystem for gas turbines,” said Seungwoo Sohn, CEO of Doosan Enerbility’s Power Services Business Group. “Doosan aims to successfully execute this project by strictly adhering to the quality requirements and planned timeline, and we will continue to do our utmost to supply competitive gas turbines in the Korean domestic market.”
Aside from four gas turbines that were contracted earlier as an alternative solution for coal-fired power plants before mass production of Doosan’s gas turbine model began, Doosan has either secured supplier contracts or is pursuing the supply of all the gas turbines needed at combined cycle power plants in Korea. Doosan seeks to progressively expand its gas turbine production capacity to effectively meet the growing demand in the domestic market.
