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HVDC Haenam–Cheju
The HVDC Haenam–Cheju is a 101 kilometer long HVDC submarine power cable, submarine cable connection between the Korean Peninsula and the island of Jeju Island, Jeju (spelled Cheju until 2000) in South Korea, which went into service in 1996. The connection is High-voltage direct current#Bipolar, bipolar, consisting of two 180kV cables with a maximum transmission power of 300 megawatts. The Haenam–Cheju HVDC system is owned and operated by Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO). The line runs from the Haenam converter station situated at to Jeju converter station at and has no overhead line sections. The first 5 kilometres on Korean Mainland are underground, the rest of the cable is laid partially buried in the sea. As the HVDC converter station, converter station on Jeju is close to the sea, all equipment (even the AC harmonic filters) is installed indoors in order to prevent corrosion and pollution-related flashovers from sea salt. The system is designed to take over t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korea
Korea is a peninsular region in East Asia consisting of the Korean Peninsula, Jeju Island, and smaller islands. Since the end of World War II in 1945, it has been politically Division of Korea, divided at or near the 38th parallel north, 38th parallel between North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea; DPRK) and South Korea (Republic of Korea; ROK). Both countries proclaimed independence in 1948, and the two countries fought the Korean War from 1950 to 1953. The region is bordered by China to the north and Russia to the northeast, across the Yalu River, Amnok (Yalu) and Tumen River, Duman (Tumen) rivers, and is separated from Japan to the southeast by the Korea Strait. Known human habitation of the Korean peninsula dates to 40,000 BC. The kingdom of Gojoseon, which according to tradition was founded in 2333 BC, fell to the Han dynasty in 108 BC. It was followed by the Three Kingdoms of Korea, Three Kingdoms period, in which Korea was divided into Goguryeo, Baekje, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
