SK AX is joining hands with Korea Power Engineering Company (KOPEC) to drive AX innovation in the power generation and energy sectors. By optimizing everything from power plant design to maintenance through AI, the company aims to enhance operational efficiency and strengthen its capacity to respond to surging energy demand.

SK AX announced on the 2nd that it had signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Korea Power Engineering Company for “AX cooperation in the power generation and energy industries” at SK U Tower in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province. The signing ceremony was attended by SK AX President Kim Wan-jong, Korea Power Engineering Company President Kim Tae-kyun, and other senior executives from both companies.

The power generation and energy industries connect massive volumes of technical data and complex work processes across ▲design ▲project management ▲operations ▲maintenance ▲safety management, and are therefore viewed as areas where it is critical not only to introduce AI but also to design structures that allow AI to be practically utilized in actual work. SK AX expects that combining KOPEC’s accumulated engineering expertise with its own AX execution capabilities will enable operational optimization and AI augmentation through work innovation across the entire power generation value chain.

Under the agreement, the two companies plan to promote AX innovation in stages, ranging from back-office areas such as management administration to core business domains including power plant design and operations.

First, to improve KOPEC’s work efficiency, SK AX will gradually introduce its AX platforms such as “AXgenticWire AiPMO” and “AXgenticWire NPO Agent Builder.” AXgenticWire AiPMO is an integrated project management AX platform that uses AI to support the entire lifecycle of power generation and energy projects, including ▲proposal ▲initiation ▲schedule and cost management ▲risk review ▲performance management.

AXgenticWire NPO Agent Builder is a no-code AI agent development platform that enables frontline employees to directly create and use AI agents needed in their day-to-day work. By assigning repetitive and time-consuming tasks—such as technical document search and summarization, project issue review, and support for design document checks—to AI agents, the platform can raise productivity.

In addition, the two companies will jointly identify AI use cases tailored to the power generation and energy industries, and plan to drive AI-based innovation across the entire lifecycle from design to operations and maintenance (O&M), including optimal offshore wind farm design and the development of AI smart control systems. In particular, they will jointly develop an “offshore wind O&M platform” that supports power generation forecasting, predictive maintenance, and asset management, and will move to commercialize it not only in domestic offshore wind projects but also in global projects.

SK AX plans to use this agreement as a starting point for building an AX innovation model across the broader power generation and energy industries. SK AX President Kim Wan-jong said, “From design through operations and maintenance, the power generation and energy sectors are seeing rapidly growing demand for AI-driven innovation,” adding, “Through this collaboration, we will connect processes, operating systems, and governance across the power generation and energy industries into an AI augmentation framework that delivers tangible results.”

Meanwhile, SK AX is SK Group’s specialist company for IT services and AI transformation. In June last year, it changed its name from SK C&C to SK AX and restructured its business around AI. SK AX provides IT services and AI-based transformation services to a wide range of industries, including manufacturing, telecommunications and media, semiconductors, energy and chemicals, finance, and the public sector.

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