With the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) having come into effect, many countries around the world have changed their strategies for the supply and demand of energy from ones that were heavily dependent on fossil fuels, and begun considering, as alternatives, nuclear power and hydro power, which do not generate CO2. Some developing nations lacking technology and capital are planning to satisfy their recent surges in electricity demand through hydro power generation using their abundant water resources, and intend to export the surplus to neighboring countries.
The hydro power is a clean energy that causes almost zero emissions of CO2, the main culprit responsible for global warming, and is expected to become a promising business that will create added value as the emissions trading market becomes more active. It is anticipated that the hydro power market will continuously grow, as various countries around the world adopt low-carbon green growth strategies.
KHNP is a hydro power-specialized provider that is running 27 hydro power generation facilities, and is also pushing ahead with the world’s largest tidal power generation project in Incheon Bay. The company has abundant experience in the construction and operation of hydro power generation plants. With its superior human resources and accumulated technologies, KHNP possesses the world-class competitiveness required for the execution of overseas hydro power projects.
Since KHNP signed the contract for the construction of the Nepalese Chamelia hydro power plant in April 2009, it has actively pushed ahead with overseas hydro power projects in countries with abundant water resources, including Southeast Asian countries such as Cambodia and Laos, and various other countries in Central Asia, Africa, and Central and South America.
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