SEOUL, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — SK ecoplant Co., a major construction company, said Thursday it had succeeded in the demonstration of eco-friendly hydrogen production by using a solid oxide electrolyzer cell (SOEC) to separate hydrogen from water for the first time in South Korea. The company launched the trial production of eco-friendly hydrogen after [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean steelmaker POSCO said Sunday it will expand hydrogen production capacity in the next three decades to meet growing demand for the clean energy source and foster new growth drivers. POSCO, the world’s fifth-largest steelmaker by output, said it will produce up to 5 million tons of hydrogen [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean researchers have developed an affordable and long-lasting electrocatalyst that can cleanly and efficiently extract hydrogen from water, a state-run science institute said Sunday. A team of researchers led by Yoo Sung-jong has made a special catalyst that can produce hydrogen without relying on expensive platinum, the Korea [...]
SEOUL, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Tuesday it plans to build more hydrogen production facilities across the country that will be able to power nearly 50,000 cars annually, in line with its latest green energy vision that centers on slowly breaking away from fossil fuels. The five new facilities, to be built [...]
SEOUL, May 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s industry ministry said Tuesday it plans to build 18 hydrogen production facilities by 2022 in line with the government’s vision of utilizing the resource as the country’s main source of energy for vehicles and other daily uses. Construction for the first batch of three plants in Seoul, [...]