Seoul-based Samsung C&T Corp., and Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) have partnered with Doosan Fuel Cell of Connecticut to develop a clean energy project which will power as many as 71,500 Korean homes. Doosan will manufacture and ship 70 fuel cells that will produce 30.8 megawatts (MW) of clean energy and heat, Samsung will serve as the engineering, procurement and construction contractor, and KHNP will provide the power to a new residential complex in Busan, South Korea. Doosan will begin shipping PureCell Model 400 power plants this year and complete the delivery of 70 units by August 2016. The first commercial demonstration plant is expected to be operational within two years at an estimated cost of $450 million.
Seoul-based Samsung C&T Corp., and Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) have partnered with Doosan Fuel Cell of Connecticut to develop a clean energy project which will power as many as 71,500 Korean homes. Doosan will manufacture and ship 70 fuel cells that will produce 30.8 megawatts (MW) of clean energy and heat, Samsung will serve as the engineering, procurement and construction contractor, and KHNP will provide the power to a new residential complex in Busan, South Korea. Doosan will begin shipping PureCell Model 400 power plants this year and complete the delivery of 70 units by August 2016. When these fuel cells go live by February 2017; Doosan already has six projects (35 active fuel cells) in Korea, they will be responsible for 105 fuel cells generating 45 MW of electricity throughout the country.