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Ingeteam delivers converters for South Korea’s first smart electric passenger ship

Ingeteam’s converters increase the efficiency of the ship, also making it a ‘green ship’. This order came from Hyundai Global Service, a South Korean firm specialising in the provision of maritime services and power generation.

Ingeteam has recently completed the supply and commissioning of its equipment for a smart electric ship for the company Hyundai Global Service, a South Korean firm specialised in the provision of maritime services for shipbuilding. This ship is South Korea’s first smart electric passenger ship. Ingeteam has been working on the project for the last year.

Specifically, Ingeteam supplied and commissioned its converter Ingedrive LV400 DC Grid type, which enables a more efficient grid by reducing the number of power conversion stages and allows variablespeed generation of the gensets, thus operating at peak efficiency. As a result of this, and Ingeteam’s technology, the vessel can be considered a ‘green ship’, increasing its added value.

A smart ship

With a capacity of up to 375 passengers, the ship will shortly begin service. Specifically, it will sail the Whales Sea Travel Line near Jangsaengpo, a port in the southern area of Ulsan, South Korea’s seventh largest city with a population of 1.1 million.

The ship has a length of 89.2 metres, a breadth of 12.8 metres and will sail at a maximum speed of 16 knots. Construction of the ship began last year at the Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in Ulsan. The vessel uses the latest information and communication technologies, making it a smart electric ship.

The equipment supplied by Ingeteam is fully redundant in case of failure of any of the converter outputs. Ingeteam’s system is a DC grid and can, therefore, serve directly as the ship’s power plant.

About Ingeteam

Ingeteam, is a group of more than 4,000 people in 24 countries, with more than 80 years of experience. The company provides creative solutions to specific problems to electrify society in an innovative and sustainable way through cutting-edge technology, specialising in the conversion of electrical energy.

The company aims to consolidate its position as leaders in renewable generation (wind, photovoltaic and hydroelectric), storage and in the intelligent transport network. Ingeteam enables the efficient and clean consumption of electrical energy through electric vehicle chargers, converters, generators and motors. These applications are suitable for the traction, marine, iron and steel industries, mining, for the production of green hydrogen, submersible motors and water pumps.

Ingeteam has supplied 25GW of solar photovoltaic power with its solar inverters, over 54GW to the wind industry with converters and Indar generators. The company has more than 10.5GW of total installed power in the hydropower sector with Indar generators, more than 12,000 Indar submersible pumps and motors worldwide and more than 6,000 electrical substations are automated with its equipment. In addition, 1.6GWh accumulated in electrical storage facilities and Ingeteam is the world leader in the provision of operation and maintenance services in renewable energy plants, with more than 18GW of power maintained.

In terms of efficient consumption, it is worth highlighting the more than 12,500 chargers for electric vehicles, the supply of equipment for 700 electric trains, or for the more than 600 ships that are equipped with Ingeteam technology, enabling an evolution towards hybrid and full electric naval propulsion systems. n