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Gaon Cable wins grid connection work for Saemangeum solar project
The contract covers 154-kilovolt cables for a 73.2-megawatt floating solar facility in Gunsan.
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Gaon Cable said Nov. 6 that it had signed a contract with BS Hanyang to supply and install extra-high-voltage cables for the Saemangeum Sunlight Sharing Project in South Korea. The work will connect a planned 73.2-megawatt floating solar facility in Gunsan, North Jeolla Province, to the external electricity grid, according to MoneyToday and The Asia Business Daily.
The contract covers 154-kilovolt cables for the facility in the Okgu-eup area of Gunsan. Gaon will handle both supply and installation, the reports said. The new work follows an earlier contract for distribution cables inside the same complex, extending the company’s role from internal wiring to the external transmission connection.
The Asia Business Daily reported that Gaon supplied cables for the Bigeumdo onshore solar project and an interconnection network for the first phase of Jeonnam Offshore Wind Farm in 2023. In 2024, it supplied aluminum-clad cables for the Seokmun Lake floating solar project and the internal distribution network at Saemangeum’s Sunlight Sharing facility.
The Sunlight Sharing facility forms part of a broader Saemangeum floating solar development planned at a total scale of 2.1 gigawatts. That larger figure is not the size of the facility covered by this contract. Gaon said it planned to pursue follow-up work at Saemangeum and other solar and offshore wind grid projects in Korea and overseas.
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What we know
- The contract covers 154-kilovolt cables for a 73.2-megawatt floating solar facility in Gunsan.
What we don't know
- Source-reported figures and project plans; no independent on-site verification. No photographs used.
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