SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A completion ceremony for South Korea’s first coal power plant turned into an liquefied natural gas (LNG) combined power plant was held on Tuesday in Seoul’s Mapo district. Seoul Power Plant, operating since 1930, temporarily turned into an oil-fired power plant, before construction began for a new LNG plant [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The board of state-run Korea Power Electric Corp. (KEPCO) on Monday approved the company’s plan to participate in a coal-fired power plant construction project in Vietnam despite environment-related controversies. A slew of South Korean companies are seeking to implement the US$2.2 billion project to build the 1,200-megawatt Vung Ang [...]
SEOUL, May 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) announced plans last Friday to reduce emissions of fine dust particles from its coal-fired power plants in South Korea by 50 percent over the next five years. KEPCO and five of its affiliates held an emergency conference last week at KEPCO Art Center [...]
SEJONG, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean government is considering a move to reduce operations at coal-fired power plants to cope with excessive levels of fine dust particles in the air, the energy minister said Tuesday. “As people are deeply worried about fine dust, (the government) is reviewing a plan to restrict power [...]