[Let's Run Again K Construction] Accelerating the World's First LPG·LNG Dual Fuel Cell Power Generation Project

Construction of Bitgoeul Eco Energy Power Plant
Distinguished in Private Investment Projects with Shinbundang Line

Bitgoeul Eco Energy Power Plant

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Min-young] Doosan Engineering & Construction held a completion ceremony last month for the Bitgoeul Eco Energy Power Plant, marking its full-scale entry into the world's first LPG-LNG dual fuel cell power generation project. Bitgoeul Eco Energy was established with investments from Doosan Engineering & Construction, Korea Midland Power, and SK Gas, and the power plant construction was promoted on a 15,843㎡ idle site near the No. 1 sewage treatment plant in Chipyeong-dong, Gwangju Metropolitan City. The power plant applies the world's first LNG-LPG dual model, allowing flexible operation in response to fluctuations such as fuel price increases.

Fuel cell power generation uses fossil fuels such as natural gas (NG) and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) as fuel, but unlike thermal power generation, it extracts hydrogen and reacts it with oxygen in the air to produce electricity and heat. It is gaining attention as an eco-friendly energy facility that emits almost no carbon dioxide, the main culprit of greenhouse gases. By applying domestically developed new technology fuel cells for the first time in Korea, it can selectively use LPG and NG, and has high power generation efficiency and space efficiency.

The Bitgoeul fuel cell power plant produces 95,000 MWh of electricity, equivalent to 1.1% of the total annual electricity consumption of Gwangju City. This amount of electricity can supply about 33,000 households, and the heat generated is supplied through Korea CIES to 26 institutions including Gwangju City Hall, Kim Dae-jung Convention Center, KBS, and 820 apartment households. Doosan Engineering & Construction expects that the eco-friendly power plant will save 5,359 TOE of energy annually and reduce 12,588 tons of greenhouse gases compared to existing thermal power plants.

Perspective view of Shinbundang Line Phase 3.

Doosan Engineering & Construction is also showing prominence in private investment projects. The company reaffirmed its strength in private projects through the successful execution of the Shinbundang Line project. The Shinbundang Line is Korea's first railway project proposed entirely by the private sector, from route planning to construction and operation. It is evaluated to have significantly improved the severe traffic congestion caused by rapid population growth in the southern Gyeonggi area and the construction of Pangyo New Town. Above all, the opening of the Shinbundang Line has greatly improved accessibility to Seoul's Gangnam area by enabling travel from Bundang to Gangnam in 16 minutes. The Shinbundang Line project is divided into three phases: △ Phase 1 Gangnam~Jeongja △ Phase 2 Jeongja~Gwanggyo △ Phase 3 Yongsan~Gangnam.

In May, the first phase (Sinsa~Gangnam section) of the 'Shinbundang Line (Yongsan~Gangnam) double-track railway private investment project' was opened. Of the total project cost of 872.1 billion KRW, 444.4 billion KRW was invested in the first phase.

The newly opened extension of the Shinbundang Line covers 2.5 km of the total 7.8 km length in the first phase. Three transfer stations were newly established. The route connects Sinsa Station (Line 3), Nonhyeon Station (Line 7), and Sinnonhyeon Station (Line 9) to Gangnam Station (Line 2), allowing transfers to Lines 2, 3, 7, and 9, and operates directly connected to the existing Shinbundang Line. Previously, traveling from Sinsa to Gwanggyo took over an hour by bus and transfers, but with the completion of this project, travel time has been reduced by 18 minutes to 42 minutes.

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