Company Overview

Setting a new standard for power plant operations with data and AI

Greetings

KREPS grows with the voices of power generation and industrial operations. We believe that technology should not force the field operation to adapt to it. Instead, it should be designed and applied in ways that reflect each site's actual needs, operational context, and workflow.

Today, power plants and industrial facilities are moving beyond equipment-centered operations and traditional data practices toward data-driven decision-making and AI-based optimization. We believe that a single signal can help prevent significant losses, and that every piece of data can become a foundation for more accessible and effective operational intelligence.

By providing intuitive decision-support tools, practical methodologies, and field-proven technologies, KREPS aims to help our customers improve both operational efficiency and stability while creating meaningful results through industrial intelligence.

Sincerely, CEO and the KREPS Team
CompanyKREPS (Korea Renewable Energy & Power Solution)
CEOHye-sun Lee
EstablishedFeb 10, 2022
Employees12 (including 2 expert CTOs)
Main BusinessIndustrial plant monitoring & visualization, thermal performance optimization, digital twins

Why KREPS?

01

Expert CTOs

Led by ETRI-trained experts in ICT and thermodynamics

02

Proven Platform

Validated through KEPCO IDPP and now operated on-site at Korea Southern Power

03

High-Speed AI

390k tags/sec WebHMI with a built-in AI agent, Python IDE, and FMU

History

2025

  • Dec.Supplied a service robot control system to Mobicell
  • Nov.Selected as a KEPCO promising commercialization company (BIXPO 2025)
  • Jul.Established a second corporate R&D center in Gyeongsan
  • May.Integrated & piloted the IDPP WebHMI platform for Korea Southern Power
  • Apr.Awarded a VHTR process-heat hydrogen R&D project by Pohang Technopark

2024

  • Dec.Designated a family company of the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute
  • Sep.Signed an industry-academia agreement with Woosong University
  • Sep.Awarded KEPCO Research Institute's Slim-IDPP development & demonstration project
  • Jul.Selected as a KEPCO startup

2023

  • Sep.Established a corporate R&D center in Daejeon
  • Jun.Signed an Energy Valley investment agreement (KEPCO, Gwangju, Jeollanam-do, Naju)
  • May.Secured SAFE investment via Korea Technology Finance Corporation
  • Apr.Certified as a women-owned enterprise
  • Apr.Selected as a TECH Valley innovative company (KIBO)
  • Mar.Supplied an interoperability module (digital twin ↔ legacy) to ETRI
  • Mar.Conducted a preliminary intelligent-analytics study for KAERI's electric furnace

2022

  • Dec.Relocated HQ to the Energy Valley Enterprise Development Institute, Naju
  • Sep.Selected as an E-Care promising company by ETRI
  • Aug.Developed a mutual-conversion module for legacy manufacturing digital twins (ETRI)
  • Jul.Obtained direct-production certification for software engineering
  • Feb.Selected as a family company of ETRI
  • Feb.Incorporated as an ETRI researcher-founded startup

Patents & Certifications

No. 10-2129714

Detecting Disconnections in Distribution Lines

No. 10-2089150

Generating 3D Models of Power Facilities

No. 10-1454756

Two-Phase Thermodynamic Heat Storage System

No. 10-1263941

Power Generation System for Waste Heat Recovery

No. 10-0952557

Screen Information Control for Power Simulator

No. 10-0911735

Wireless Measurement for Gas Turbine Tuning

No. 10-0686798

Statistical Validation of Measurement Values

 

Corporate R&D Center

Other Certifications

Venture Business
SME Confirmation
Direct Production (Big Data)
Direct Production (Package SW)
KAERI Family Company