LS Cable & System Enters European Market

LS Cable & System (President & CEO: Ja-Eun Koo) will be the first cable maker in Korea to introduce the High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) cables to the European market.

On April 15 the company announced that it would supply 24.5km of 285kV extra high voltage submarine cables and connectors to Energinet.dk, and 25.7km of 150kV alternating current extra high voltage submarine cables and connectors to Van Oord in the Netherlands, a leading international contractor specializing in offshore projects.

In particular, the High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) cables supplied to Denmark will be the first such cables to be exported. It will be used to replace one of the old submarine cables installed between Jutland and Laesoe Island in the northeastern part of Denmark. HVDC refers to the method of converting the alternate current generated by the power plant into direct current, transmitting it and converting it back into alternate current and supplying it. It can transmit a large quantity of electric power over a long distance with the minimum loss. The extra-high voltage cables used for this purpose must be robust against the high voltage applied to the cables during transmission of direct current. Only LS Cable & System can make such HVDC cables in Korea. The entire HVDC market is worth only KRW 4 trillion as of 2012, but is expected to rapidly grow and be worth more than KRW70 trillion. So the HVDC cable market is also expected to grow fast. Accordingly, LS Cable & System is as good as having established a bridgehead for entrance into the global HVDC market.

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Press release, April 17, 2013; Image: lscns