KEPCO E&C
Public | |
Industry | Engineering |
Founded | 1975 |
Headquarters | Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea |
Key people | Park Koo-Woun (President and CEO) |
Products | Nuclear and thermal power plants |
Services | Designing, engineering, and constructing of power plants |
Number of employees | 2,135(2013) |
Parent | Korea Electric Power Corporation |
Website |
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KEPCO E&C (full name: KEPCO Engineering & Construction Company, INC., formerly: KOPEC) is a nuclear power design and engineering company in South Korea. It was established in 1975 as a public enterprise. KEPCO E&C engages in designing, engineering, and constructing nuclear and fossil power plants. The company operates as a subsidiary of Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO).
KEPCO E&C is providing total integrated Engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services. It has designed and built a total of 14 nuclear power plants using their own technology, including the development of APR1400 next-generation nuclear power plant. The company has also designed and built over 40 coal power plants and combined cycle & cogeneration plants. In 2006, KEPCO E&C won the 'Be award', Plant:Multidiscipline Engineering, for the Shin-Kori Nuclear Power Plant in Korea.[1]
KEPCO E&C became the world's first business to develop the low-temperature DeNOx catalyst.[2]
See also
- Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO)
- Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP)