Andong Combined Cycle Power Plant, Andong, South Korea

摘要

For a country focused on wooing big businesses, constructing large industrial complexes, and building new administration offices, having a reliable electricity supply is vital. But with few natural resources, flexible and efficient generation is imperative. Korea Southern Power Co. (KOSPO) CEO Lee Sang Ho has a vision of making KOSPO into a "global top 10 power company" with the highest possible efficiencies and the best overall cost reductions as its core strategies. The Andong combined cycle power plant (CCPP) - a 417-MW gas-fired plant utilizing Siemens H-class technology - fits this vision and is a worthy POWER Top Plant. The plant was constructed in record time - only 24 months - through the teamwork of KOSPO, Siemens AG, and GS Engineering and Construction Corp. (GS E&C). Previous projects of this kind had taken between 30 and 40 months to complete, but improved planning and timing of critical component deliveries made schedule compression possible.