ALSTOM delivered a full turnkey energy management solution to manage the entire South Korean electricity power grid under a 17 million Euros contract with the Korea Power Exchange. The New Energy Management System (NEMS), comprising all the hardware and software needed for the efficient and reliable management of the electricity supply to the country's 22 million people, was installed by ALSTOM over three years and completed on time this summer.

ALSTOM was contracted to provide a full turnkey solution for two energy management systems (EMS) for the main and backup control centers of the Korea Power Exchange, which is the fourth largest utility in the world.

NEMS features full supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), generation and network analysis capability supported by a comprehensive historical information system. It has been adapted to the Korean environment and runs ALSTOM's e-terra^™ energy management suite of software.

In addition to the delivery of two e-terraplatform 2.1 UNIX EMS sites, ALSTOM also installed a Programmer Development System, a Dispatcher Training Simulator, all operator console furniture, three video display wall systems, a mosaic tile map board, an ininterruptible power supply for all control center systems, and ICCP (Inter-Control Center Communications Protocol) connections to 11 regional control centers.

As a final phase of the project, ALSTOM also upgraded and synchronized the utility's production interim system and software with that of the backup control center and DTS systems so all hardware and software platforms were 100% compatible.
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