Korean companies investing $940m in floating power plant

Korean firms Polaris Shipping, Korea Midland Power, Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and 

Siemens Energy Solutions have decided to invest in floating power plant and have agreed to 

put $940m to create a Floating Storage Regasification Unit (FSRU).

This ambitious project will be ready according to plans in 3 years. The 'Mobile Powership' will 

have similar design to the known HHI's LNG FSRU with power capacity of 880MW. The floating

 power plant will be able to handle the needs of power in the time of natural disasters. Polaris 

Shipping informed that the produced power will be transmitted with the help of the existing 

infrastructure of cables.


Once all test are performed in Korea, "Mobile Powerships" will be delivered to countries like

 the Philippines, Indonesia, Brazil, where additional power supply is needed.

The Floating Storage Regasification Unit will be designed with the joint efforts of Siemens, with

 their experience in the engineering and with the world class shipbuilding technology provided 

by Hyundai Heavy Industries.

The project has advantages because:

1) It does not need large land requirements.

2) Efficiencies of the shipbuilding process.

3) Construction time is shortened.

4) Existing infrastructure of cables will lower the costs.

Hyundai Heavy Industries announced:

"This Powership integrates the LNG FSRU, the model first designed and built by Hyundai, with

 a top-of-the-line combined cycle unit with a capacity of 880 MW, which will give birth to an 

innovative naval architecture through combination of shipbuilding and plant engineering. We 

plan to target the overseas new building market upon successful launch of the project."