SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Innovation Co. and SK E&S Co. announced yesterday a ribbon cutting ceremony for a new energy storage system (ESS) at Ulsan Complex (Ulsan CLX), SK’s main production center. An ESS captures energy produced at periods when energy consumption is low for use at a later time when energy [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean Government is supporting investment in energy storage systems (ESS), with plans to double the supply this year amid growing concerns over a possible shortage of electric power caused by the temporary shutdown of aging nuclear power plants in the country. According to data released by the Ministry [...]
SEJONG, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean government will provide incentives to encourage solar power plant operators to set up bulk energy storage facilities as part of its efforts to foster the local renewable energy market, the trade ministry here said Monday. Those who install the energy storage system (ESS) at their solar [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s LG Chem and Samsung SDI have outpaced global rivals in terms of strategy and execution in the energy storage system (ESS) battery industry, a report showed Monday. LG Chem led the corporate assessment in the ESS segment with a total score of 84, trailed by Samsung SDI with 83.5, [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Chem, South Korea’s leading chemicals and battery maker, will team up with U.S. energy giant Duke Energy to build a battery-based energy storage system at a retired coal power plant in Ohio, the companies said Wednesday. LG Chem said it will provide the operating system and batteries for the [...]
SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung SDI has developed an energy-saving, blackout-proof power source, and has been testing the system at its Uiwang R&D Center since April 1. The new system is called UES, a hybrid between an Uninterrupted Power System (UPS) and an Energy Storage System (ESS). Samsung SDI has combined the two [...]
SEOUL, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) – In the near future, it will be possible to resell electricity stored in an electric vehicle’s battery to the grid. As EV users can charge their vehicles at a lower cost at night, they can make money by reselling the stored electricity at a higher cost during the day. [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean-made energy storage system (ESS) has been installed in a substation in northern Germany. Samsung SDI said on September 17 that Wemag AG, a northern German utility, held on the 16th a completion ceremony for its battery park at a substation in Schwerin, in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, with dignitaries including [...]
SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) — LG CNS, an affiliate of LG Group, announced on July 27 that it had successfully developed a “smart lighting solution” which can control lighting devices using its intelligent IT system. According to LG CNS, a global provider of comprehensive IT services, it could save as much as 6.3 billion won a [...]