The demand for electric power is continuously increasing along with economic development.

The national integrated power control system which was recently developed and introduced by the Electric Power Information Institute under the Ministry of Electric Power Industry proves very effective.

“The reality urgently demands that the electric power industry sector push forward with the building of new power generation capacity while giving full play to the existing production capacity, and that efforts be put to making more effective use of generated electricity,” said Kim Kyong Su, director of the Electric Power Information Institute under the Ministry of Electric Power Industry who was selected as one of the best scientists and technicians of the country in 2024.

The institute was awarded the February 16 Science and Technology Prize this year for presenting research achievements capable of annually saving as much electricity as that from a large power station and of remarkably increasing the stability of electric power system.

The national integrated power control system “Pulyagyong”, which is a development- and creation-oriented one, not a copy-based one, makes it possible to maximize electric power production at home now and make effective use of generated electricity as much as possible.

Several years ago, researchers of the institute set a goal of developing a Korean-style integrated power control system in the process of analyzing in detail the merits and demerits found in the control of electric power and designed the plan of a rational system capable of grasping the actual conditions of many thermal power and hydropower stations, substations and power distribution stations throughout the country.

And they used a domestic material to make a digital protection device, a sophisticated apparatus which performs the mission of protecting the national system by discovering the accidents that may occur in electric power systems in advance and by checking their origins. They applied hundreds of such devices to all electric power systems in all parts of the country.

Later, the institute increased the branch systems to more than ten and developed diverse devices based on cutting-edge technology, thus further improving the performance of relevant systems including a real-time data collection and monitoring and control system, electric power production and control system and power supply and cross power supply system.

Meanwhile, it developed an electric-power geographical information system to realize the optimization of power transmission and supply systems and also developed an electrical load control system capable of putting the control of electric power on a scientific basis.

As a result, it is now possible to save as much electricity as that from one large power station.

The national integrated power control system and its constant expansion and development and smooth operation are injecting vitality into the economic development of the country.