Doosan Enerbility, KEPCO Create Partnership to Modernize Aging Power Plants

Doosan Enerbility and KEPCO KPS signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to bolster their collective global competitiveness in targeting newbuild and aging power plant modernization projects. Specifically, the MOU focuses on:

• Jointly developing international power projects and pursuing technological partnerships across the entire plant lifecycle
• Developing performance improvement and environmental control system installation projects for aging power plants
• Distributing information regarding global power projects and technological trends

“Both companies, with our proven capabilities backed by a solid track record built up over the years in the global power market, have come to join forces now in pursuing global power projects,” said Yohan Yun, CMO of Doosan Enerbility. “Based on our strong partnership, we aim to achieve tangible results in the global market.”

Doosan Enerbility will contribute its expertise in engineering, procurement, and construction work and power plant components manufacturing, while KEPCO KPS will lend its plant maintenance capabilities. The partners plant to develop various types of aging power projects across Central Asia, Africa, and Southeast Asia, executing plant performance improvements and rehabilitation work.

Opatovice Power Plant

Earlier this month, Doosan Škoda Power won a contract to modernize Unit TG6 at the Opatovice Power Plant, including the supply of a new condensing turbine and condenser, repair of the current generator, installation of new district water heaters, and a solution for piping and steel structures. The contract builds upon Doosan’s two prior successful deliveries and contributes to Opatovice’s ongoing decarbonization transformation.

The project arrives as an engineering, procurement, and construction contract: a turnkey solution encompassing all aspects such as design, manufacturing, civil works, installation, and commissioning. Opatovice Power Plant’s modernization will progressively eliminate coal-fired operations and install more efficient, environmentally friendly gas-fired combined cycle operations. Doosan will renew steam turbines in the TG machine hall, which are currently designed to operate in both coal- and natural gas-fired modes.

Ansan Smart Hub

In September 2025, Doosan Enerbility signed an agreement with GS Banwol Combined Heat and Power Co. (GS Banwol) to execute the Banwol Collective Energy Fuel Conversion and Modernization Project at the Ansan Smart Hub in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. The companies will jointly review methods for converting the aging combined heat-and-power (CHP) plant into a natural gas-fired CHP facility.

Doosan Enerbility will deliver the primary components, including locally manufactured gas turbines and additional equipment required for modernization, while also cooperating on the engineering, procurement, and construction process. The party in charge of plant operation, GS Banwol, will provide a stable supply of heat and electricity for the national grid and industrial complex.

The facility will be converted into a high-efficiency, eco-friendly power plant equipped with Doosan Enerbility’s H-class gas turbines—featuring a turbine inlet temperature in the range of 1500 ℃ or higher—accommodating a future fuel conversion to hydrogen. This aligns with the South Korean government’s policy to achieve an eco-friendly energy transition and carbon neutrality.GS Banwol and Doosan Enerbility will jointly engage in the technical review, feasibility study, and creation of a detailed implementation plan, maintaining a strategic and preferential partnership.