SKT to Establish Microgrid at Daegu National Industrial Complex
Published2018.08.01 10:20
From left: Kwon Eop, President of Daegu Technopark; Kim Sung-han, Smart City Unit Head at SK Telecom
SK Telecom and Daegu Metropolitan City have joined forces to revitalize the new energy industry through microgrid technology.
SK Telecom was selected as the prime contractor for Daegu Metropolitan City's "Daegu National Industrial Complex Block-type Microgrid Second Phase Construction Project" and announced on August 1st that it had signed a contract with Daegu Technopark, the project operating entity, on July 31st.
The Daegu National Industrial Complex block-type microgrid construction project aims for resident companies in the national industrial complex to establish a "microgrid," an independent power system, to optimize energy efficiency and ultimately create an energy self-sufficient city by utilizing next-generation power grids.
A Microgrid is a local power system centered on distributed power sources independent from the broad-based power system.
SK Telecom participated in the first phase construction project consortium in 2016 and constructed energy demand management-type ESS (Energy Storage System), integrated/complex distributed power sources utilizing solar and geothermal energy, and a comprehensive information center. Through this, the company achieved an average cost reduction of over 20% in electricity expenses per company, and notably, LED specialist company "TechEn" recorded zero electricity charges, achieving the "Zero Energy Factory" milestone.
The second phase construction project proceeding this year will invest a total of 12.7 billion won (6 billion in national funds, 800 million in municipal funds, and 5.9 billion in private investment) over the next five months to construct 7.5MWh-scale energy demand management-type ESS and 3MW-capacity integrated/complex distributed power sources targeting approximately 40 resident companies within the industrial complex, and install a microgrid energy management system.
To this end, SK Telecom plans to continuously enhance technology that optimizes energy production, storage, and consumption by analyzing data collected in the microgrid's energy management system.
Kim Sung-han, Smart City Unit Head at SK Telecom, expressed his commitment, stating, "We will continue to expand energy efficiency projects, which are critical in the smart city era, through SK Telecom's ICT capabilities."
Kwon Eop, President of Daegu Technopark, conveyed his expectations, saying, "Through cooperation with SK Telecom, we look forward to this microgrid construction project becoming a leading model for energy-independent industrial complexes."
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