SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Researchers at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) have achieved a major step forward in sustainable aviation by developing a new way to produce high-energy fuel from non-edible plant materials like wood and grass. The research team, led by senior researcher Ha Jeong-Myeong and researcher Yu Chun-jae from [...]
ULSAN, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ulsan Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) said Wednesday it had developed a solar hydrogen production technology using the electrons generated during the process of creating useful chemical compounds made of tree residues. A research team from the university used a molybdenum-based material, phosphomolybdic acid (PMA), as a [...]
SEOUL, June 14 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Chem Ltd., a leading South Korean chemical manufacturer, said Tuesday it had signed a heads of agreement with GS EPS Co., a utility affiliate of GS Group, to promote cooperation in the development of biomass-based eco-friendly energy solutions. The two parties plan to use renewable energy fuel made [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The use of biomass at thermal power plants, including logged wood and branches, has jumped in size during the Moon administration. Rep. Yoon Young-seok from the main opposition People Power Party submitted a report based on data from the Korea Energy Agency and the Korea Power Exchange which indicated [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Research from a Seoul-based civic group claimed that the bioenergy industry – which has been growing at a rapid pace backed by policy support – is actually not as clean as its proponents would have you believe, with its raw material import sources creating human rights and environment problems. [...]
DAEJEON, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Felled trees and timber abandoned at lumber sites will be recycled to generate eco-friendly electricity. The Korea South-East Power Co. signed a three-year contract with a South Korean pellet fuel manufacturer to use 215,000 tons of abandoned biomass each year to produce pellet fuel that can generate electricity. Biomass [...]
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA, August 07, 2013 (Korea Bizwire) – Asian biomass markets are witnessing profound shifts in trade and feedstocks sourcing with South Korea and Japan setting the pace for China, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia. The Korean RPS (Renewable Portfolio Standard) and the Japanese feed-in tariffs (FiTs) for biomass have been important enablers of biomass trade [...]