GONGJU, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s first solar village, where local residents jointly produce electricity and share the profits, is now online. The South Chungcheong Provincial Government built and started operating a solar power plant in Eomuli village in Gongju, 160 kilometers south of Seoul, through what is being called a ‘profit-sharing solar [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Nine out of 10 South Koreans feel climate change firsthand and are willing to accept any inconvenience caused by policies to solve the problem, a poll showed Tuesday. According to the poll of 1,000 adults nationwide by a civic group, 89.2 percent answered that they actually feel the effects [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea emitted a total of 701.3 million tons of greenhouse gas in 2019, the environment ministry said Friday. The 2019 figure, confirmed by the Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Research Center, represents a 3.5 percent drop from the 2018 tally, according to the ministry. The decrease came largely from [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s oldest coal-powered plant will be shut down for good this week, the energy ministry said Tuesday, in line with the government’s plan to shift toward renewable energy and to reduce fine dust. Honam Coal Power Plant, located in Yeosu, 450 kilometers south of Seoul, will stop operations [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The southern resort island of Jeju, increasingly affected by a surge in garbage caused by a drastic rise in the number of visitors and rapidly growing population, is stepping up to reduce plastic waste. The Small Enterprise and Market Service reported that as of April 2019, Jeju Province had [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – A new forecast has shown that by the end of this century, summer will be around for more than half of the entire year unless current levels of greenhouse gas emissions are reduced. The Korea Meteorological Administration released a report on Thursday that makes a climate forecast for South [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Coffee grounds are being reused to get rid of the stench at livestock farms. The Ministry of Environment signed an agreement with the city of Incheon, North Gyeongsang Province, the Korea Productivity Center, the Korea Green Foundation and Hyundai Steel Co. on Wednesday for the recycling of coffee grounds. [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Tuesday voiced concerns as the operator of Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant filed for approval for its plan to release radioactive water into the sea. The Seoul government held an emergency vice-ministerial meeting after Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) submitted an application for the planned [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The government and a steelmaker have joined hands to make iron with livestock excrement. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs signed an agreement with the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation and Hyundai Steel Co. to produce solid fuel from cow excrement. They plan to use livestock excrements to [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The government plans to subsidize 2,500 small and medium-sized firms to achieve carbon neutrality starting next year, and continue to expand support by 10 percent every following year. The Ministry of SMEs and Startups announced the new initiative on Wednesday, which includes investing 474.4 billion won (US$400 million) next [...]