LS Cable & System President & CEO Myung Roe-hyun looks at the exhibits display at in the CIGRE 2018. (Photo: LS Cable & System)

LS Cable & System showcased its latest products, including the thinnest-ever 500MW power transmission cable in the world, at the CIGRE 2018, which took place in Paris from Aug. 26 until Aug. 31.

The 500MW power transmission cable is the highest voltage underground cable LS that has so far been commercialized. LS Cable & System has reduced the diameter of the cable products more than 5 percent compared to conventional products, making them easy to produce and deliver.

It is a measure of technology in the cable industry on how to reduce the diameter while increasing power transmission capacity.

Established in 1921, CIGRE (Conseil International des Grands Reseaux Electriques) is an international organization leading technology development in cooperation with about 1,100 member companies, universities and research institutions in the electric and energy sectors from 92 countries.

CIGRE holds a biannual general assembly and an exhibition in which related industry and academic circles get together to share the latest technologies and research outcomes.

Attracting keen attention from spectators were underground cable products and the high voltage direct circuit cable certified in the world LS Cable & System displayed during the exhibition.

LS Cable & System completed a long-term reliability test of its 500 kV DC cable at the stewardship of the Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute for six months from October last year. After the institute officially recognized the quality of the HVDC cable technology, LS Cable & Systems can now export it without any other tests.

Five European and Japanese companies ,as well as LS Cable & System, own HVDC cable technologies, but LS Cable & System has become the first company to have HVDC cables certified by a certification institution. HDVC is a technology that can transmit power from districts with lower power generation unit prices to areas with higher power generation unit prices. Of late, HDVC emerges as a key technology of the Northeast Super Grid Scheme to connect Korean, Japanese, Russian, and Chinese power grids.

LS Cable & System CEO Myung Roe-hyun, who participated in the CIGRE 2018. The CIGRE general assembly served as an opportunity for LS Cable & System to be recognized as a global cable leader by industry experts by showcasing the latest technologies only three to four companies in the world now own.

LS Cable & System Wins Deal to Export Undersea Cables to Malaysia

LS Cable & System is exporting undersea cables to Malaysia. It is the first time a Korean wire and cable maker will enter the Malaysian market.

LS Cable & System said on Sept. 4 the company signed a contract to supply super-high voltage undersea cables worth 40 billion won to Malaysia's state-run electricity company Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB).

Under the deal, LS Cable & System will lay super-high-voltage submarine cables connecting the northern state of Perlis and the island of Langkawi by September 2019. If the project is completed, power supply to the island will be redoubled, an LS Cable & System official said.

LS Cable & System Wins Large Contract in Australia

LS Cable & System signed a large contract with Western Power of Australia to supply power cables.

This is the largest contract won by a Korean cable manufacturer in Australia. It is a significant achievement for LS Cable & System to be listed as a preferred supplier within only two years of establishing a subsidiary in the country in 2016.

In Australia, the demand for power cables necessary for resource development industries and new and renewable energy power generation, such as wind and solar power generation, is on the rise.

LS Cable & System succeeded in winning the contract by securing both price and quality competitiveness through its Vietnamese production subsidiary of LS Cable & System Asia.

LS전선, 세계에서 가장 얇은 대용량 송전 케이블 선보여

프랑스 CIGRE 총회 참가, 송전·해저 케이블 라인업과 세계 최초 공인인증 HVDC 케이블 등 전시

LS전선(대표 명노현)은 26일부터 31일까지 프랑스 파리에서 열리는 CIGRE(시그레, 국제 대전력망 기술협의회)  전시에서 세계에서 가장 얇은 500kV급 송전 케이블을 비롯,  해저와 HVDC(고압직류송전) 케이블 등 최신 제품들을 대거 선보였다.  
 

CIGRE는 1921년 창립, 92개 국가에서 전기,  에너지 분야 1100여 개 기업과 대학, 연구기관 등이 참여하여 기술개발 등을 선도하는 국제기구이다. 격년으로 개최되는 총회 겸 전시회는 관련 업계와 학계가 총출동하여 최신 기술과 연구성과를 공유,  동종 업계로부터 기술력을 인정받는다는 점에서 의미가 큰 행사이다.   

500kV급은 현재 상용화된 가장 높은 전압의 지중 케이블이다. LS전선은 케이블 지름을 기존 제품 대비 5% 이상 줄임으로써 생산과 운반, 포설에 용이하게 했다. 송전 용량이 클수록 케이블 크기가 굵어지기 때문에 송전 용량을 늘리면서 크기는 줄이는 것이 전선 업계에서는 기술력의 척도가 된다. 

LS전선의 해저 케이블 라인업과 세계 최초로 공인인증을 받은 HVDC 케이블 역시 많은 관심을 받았다. LS전선은 수백 km의 심해를 연결하는 장거리용부터 해상풍력발전에 특화된 제품에 이르기까지 다양한 해저 케이블 기술을 확보했다.

HVDC는 전기를 생산 단가가 낮은 지역에서 높은 지역으로 보낼 수 있는 기술로 최근 한국과 일본, 러시아와 중국의 전력망을 잇는 동북아 슈퍼그리드의 핵심 기술로도 주목받고 있다.

총회의 ‘CEO 미팅’ 참석차 현장을 찾은 명노현 LS전선 대표는 “이번 총회는 LS전선이 전세계적으로 3~4개 업체만이 갖고 있는 최신 기술들을 선보임으로써 명실상부한 글로벌 최고 수준의 전선 회사임을 업계 전문가들로부터 인정받는 장이 되었다”고 말했다.

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