LATHAM, N.Y., July 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Plug Power Inc. (NASDAQ: PLUG), a global leader in comprehensive hydrogen solutions for the green hydrogen economy, has been selected to supply two 5-megawatt (MW) proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzer systems for green hydrogen projects in Tasmania, Australia, under development by Countrywide Hydrogen Pty Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ReNu [...]
New York, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) — CertiK, a leader in blockchain security and auditing, is proud to announce the successful completion of a comprehensive security audit for XLS-30d, an innovative Automated Market Maker (AMM) built on the XRP Ledger (XRPL). The XRPL is a Layer 1 open-source, energy-efficient, and decentralized blockchain powered by a [...]
BAYREUTH, Germany and ERLANGEN, Germany, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Transmission grid operator TenneT and Fluence Energy GmbH (Fluence), a subsidiary of Fluence Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLNC) today sealed their cooperations on two Netzboosters (Grid Boosters) with a contract signing at Fluence’s technology centre in Erlangen. The Grid Boosters will deploy Fluence Ultrastack, an advanced energy storage [...]
SEOUL, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Currently, there are 50,000 households in Seoul that are at risk of solitary death, the city government said Monday. According to the Seoul Metropolitan Government, surveys conducted in 2021 and 2022 revealed that 52,718 out of 84,526 individuals were exposed to the risk of solitary death. When categorized by [...]
SEOUL, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The government is considering expanding tax benefits by increasing the tax credit rate for charitable donations, aiming to encourage larger contributions. According to government sources, the tax credits for substantial donations will be expanded as part of the official economic policy direction later this year. Currently, the government is [...]
SEOUL, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) — YG Entertainment’s new girl group Babymonster will make its debut in September, the K-pop label said Tuesday. According to the agency, the group is now working on the choreography and music video for its debut song, which will be an intense hip-hop genre piece. It also said a lot [...]
SEOUL, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean firms prefer to reemploy seniors instead of simply letting them retire, a major business association said Monday. The Korea Enterprises Federation conducted a survey of 1,047 companies employing over 30 individuals, of which 67.9 percent expressed a preference for reemploying retiring personnel. In contrast, 25 percent chose [...]
SEOUL, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A number of individuals unfit for military service were erroneously enlisted due to errors in their physical examinations. The Military Manpower Administration (MMA) said that four individuals unfit for military service were mistakenly enlisted due to errors in their physical examinations, which took place between 2016 and April of [...]
Bedford, Mass., July 11 (Korea Bizwire) — When more than 92 million tons of textile waste are landfilled annually, new solutions are needed to enable fabric reworking in manufacturing and recycling on a mass scale. Conagen, the biotechnology innovator, announced the development of a groundbreaking debondable textile adhesive made from high-performance materials sourced from sustainable and natural biomolecules. [...]
SEOUL, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Kakao Brain, an artificial intelligence (AI) arm of tech giant Kakao Corp., announced on Monday the release of Karlo 2.0, a super-giant AI image-generating model that instantly creates vivid images. Karlo 2.0 is a large-scale AI that has been trained on a dataset comprising more than 300 million pages [...]