Summary List of IPEC HV Main Customers - October 2006

The following list includes our main Electricity Utility Customers, Industrial Customers and HV Test Company Customers only. IPEC HV have sold and applied our On-line PD Testing technology into a number of other countries around the world and are confident that our technology can be applied to any electricity network, anywhere around the world.

Electricity Utility Customers

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The utility customers listed to the right are using the on-line PD Testing technology to routinely test medium voltage and high voltage cables and switchgear for PD activity.

EDF Energy/London Electricity, London, UK

EDF Energy have been our main customer to date and have been our development partner, helping us to develop the On-line PD Test and Mapping technology over the 7-year period from 1998 to 2005. EDF Energy presently use our technology to routinely test and screen their MV and HV cable network in London, Eastern England and South East England (covering 30% of the UK distribution network). EDF Energy has also purchased permanent, web-based PD Monitors which are monitoring around 700 feeders in their network.

Scottish Power Power Systems (SPPS), UK

SP Power Systems purchased PD test services in August-October 2006 to carry out on-line PD testing of in service 132kV sealing ends.

Portugen Energia, Portugal

Portugen purchased PD test services in August 2006 to carry out on-line PD testing of in service 275kV sealing ends located a combined cycle power station.

Electricity Authority of Cyprus

Electricity Authority of Cyprus purchased the OSM Longshot PD test system in 2006 to carry out PD testing of their MV cables and switchgear. The system is also used in a collaborative research project with the University of Cyprus.

NEAS, Norway

NEAS purchased our On-line PD Test and Mapping system in November 2004 and are using it alongside an Off-line VLF PD Test system to test and screen their MV and HV cables and switchgear for PD.

China Light & Power, Hong Kong

CLP purchased our On-line PD Test and Mapping system in 2005 and are using it alongside an Off-line VLF PD Test system to test and screen their MV and HV cables and switchgear for PD.

Taiwan Power Company, Taipei, Taiwan

TPC purchased our On-line PD Test and Mapping system in 2005 and are using it to test their MV and HV cables up to 345kV.

KEPCO, Seoul, South Korea

KEPCO, the national power company of South Korea, purchased our On-line PD Test and Mapping system in 2005 and are using it to test their MV and HV cables.

Tenaga Nasional Berhad Transmission Division, Malaysia

TNB-T purchased On-line Cable PD Test and Mapping system in 2006. The system is primarily used on HV and EHV XLPE cables (132kV+). PD testing services have also been carried out for TNB since 2003.

PowerCor/Citipower, Melbourne, Australia

PowerCor/Citipower purchased our On-line PD Test and Mapping system in 2004 and are using it to routinely test their MV & HV cables up to 132kV.

Industrial Customers

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We have a growing number of Industrial Customers who are using our OSM-Longshot© PD Test technology to test and screen a wide range of their HV plant for PD including cables, switchgear, VT's and CT's and HV Motors and Generators.

Alstom Transport, Manchester, UK
ALSTOM Transport, Italy

Alstom Transport have purchased On-line PD Testing services from IPEC/HVSL in March-April 2006 to carry out on-line PD testing of in-service 25kV VT's of the UK's West Coat Mainline Virgin Train Fleet of Locomotives. Alstom Transport Italy have also purchased on-line PD testing services from IPEC/HVSL in October-November 2006 to carry out a similar PD survey of in-service 25kV VT located on locomotive trains in Helsinki, Finland.

Premier Power, Ballylumford, Northern Ireland, UK

Premier Power purchased our on-line PD Test system in Nov. 2004 and use it to routinely test and screen their HV Generators, High Voltage Switchgear and Cables other HV plant up to 275kV

BP Exploration (El Djazair) Limited/In Salah Gas, Algeria

BP Algeria purchased our on-line PD Test system in November 2005 and are using it to test and screen mainly their HV Motors and Generators but also other parts of their MV network for PD including HV cables and switchgear.

SK Corp, Seoul, South Korea

SK Corp purchased our On-line PD Testing system and training in June 2005 and are using it to test and screen their MV network including cables, switchgear, VT's and CT's and HV Motors for PD.

Samsung Fine Chemicals, South Korea

Samsung purchased our On-line PD Testing system and training in January 2006 and are using it to test and screen their MV network for PD including HV cables, switchgear, VT's and CT's and HV Motors.

Test Service Provider Customers

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IPEC/HVSL also have a growing number of Test Service Provider Customers who are using our OSM-Longshot© PD Test technology as part of their range of HV Test technology. These customers use the technology to test and screen a wide selection of HV plant for PD (including cables, switchgear, VT's and CT's and HV Motors and Generators). Some of these customers are listed to the right:

Reyrolle Pacific, Wellington, New Zealand

Wyko, Chesterfield, UK

ERA Technology, Leatherhead, UK

LKE Power, Zhuhai, China