SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea Electric Power Corp. said on July 11 that it would set out pilot “big data” projects from this month. The two pilot projects involve setting up an energy consulting business based on advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) data and establishing a risk forecasting system based on analysis of social networking service [...]
SEOUL, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean companies’ overseas project investments are more likely to be accelerated as the nation’s official export credit agency has decided to make its first-ever equity investment in a Korean consortium-led privately-funded power plant in overseas market. The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Korea Eximbank) announced on July 3 that it [...]
SEOUL, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics is making forays into the global sports lighting market with its next-generation lighting technology “plasma lighting system.” The company succeeded in commercializing the PLS technology first in the world that gives electric stimulus to make the lamp to emit bright light in a plasma state. The company has recently installed [...]
DUBLIN, IRELAND, Jul. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Research and Markets(http://bit.ly/VGLVtT) has announced the addition of the “Global Solar Photovoltaic Installations – 2014 Market Report “ report to their offering. This 684 page global market report includes 424 charts (includes a data table and graphical representation for each chart), supported with meaningful and easy to understand graphical [...]
DUBLIN, IRELAND, Jul 1, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – Research and Markets (http://goo.gl/2QMVj8) has announced the addition of the “Agrochemicals Market by Type, Fertilizer Type, Pesticide Type, & Sub-types – Global Market Trends & Forecast to 2018″ report to their offering. The global agrochemicals market in terms of revenue was estimated to be worth $195,829.9 million [...]
SEOUL, June 24, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – As POSCO Group acquires Tongyang Power, the company holding the license to build a thermal power plant in Samcheok, Gangwon Province, its energy unit POSCO Energy will be able to earn a stable stream of income from the power generation business. According to industry sources on June 20, the [...]
Bali, Indonesia, June 21, 2014 (Korea Bizwire)–Bali continues to receive international attention for its alarming waste problem. Last March 2014, Huffington Post published an article called, “Why You Should Take Bali Off Your Bucket List”, highlighting the growing amount of rubbish on Bali’s famous beaches and referring the situation as an environmental disaster. “We all should [...]
Singapore, Jun. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The region’s most established ICT, broadcast and digital media trade events, CommunicAsia2014, EnterpriseIT2014 and BroadcastAsia2014, opened today at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, with close to 2,000 exhibitors from more than 50 countries/regions showcasing a myriad of enabling technologies, innovations and products that will power up a smart and connected [...]
SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) – KEPCO will introduce small electric vehicles (EVs) for business purposes to encourage the usage of EVs by replacing old gasoline-fueled vehicles which are due replacing terms from this year. From introducing 30 EVs this year, the electric utility will bring in 225 vehicles in 2015-2016 and replace all the business [...]
SEOUL, June 16 (Korea Bizwire) – How many plant and animal species live in Seoul’s forests? The fifth bio-diversity exploration event was held last weekend. The Seoul Metropolitan City Government, in partnership with the Korea Forest Service and Korea National Arboretum, held a 24-hour “BioBlitz” from 2 pm on June 14 (Saturday) to 2 pm [...]