CHANGWON, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) – The Changwon municipal government will launch a series of hydrogen car projects in a bid to promote the use of alternative fuel vehicles, starting with the opening of a hydrogen station tomorrow. Changwon is the latest city in South Korea to join the recent trend of encouraging the use of [...]
DAEJEON, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – A team of scientists from Changwon National University has developed an eco-friendly copper catalyst that can efficiently produce hydrogen from waste material like plastic and vinyl. According to the researchers, there has been active research on gasifying plastic and vinyl using higher temperatures to develop hydrogen. Although this is [...]
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s largest automaker, on Friday said it plans to release its new hydrogen-powered cars in 2018. The second-generation hydrogen fuel cell cars are set to debut in February 2018, when South Korea’s alpine city of PyeongChang hosts the Winter Olympics, the carmaker said. [...]
SEOUL, Jan.19 (Korea Bizwire) – For the first time in Korea, the Gwangju Creative Economy Innovation Center (GCEIC) established by Hyundai Motor Group built a fusion station, a key infrastructure element for the realization of a ‘hydrogen economy’. According to Hyundai Motor Group, the first generation fusion station that was completed using the hydrogen charging [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – A Korean research team has succeeded in developing a new nanotechnology material to split water using solar energy. The research project, sponsored by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, was led by Prof. Park Jong-hyeok of SungKyunKwan University and Kim Jong-kyu of Postech as well as Xinjian Shi, and [...]
DAEGU, South Korea, Oct 02 (Korea Bizwire) – The Daegu Metropolitan City Government, jointly with EM Korea, held on October 2 a completion ceremony for the nation’s largest hydrogen charging station within the city. The ceremony was attended by Daegu City deputy mayor for economic affairs Kim Yeon-chang, Daegu City Council president Lee Jae-sool, and other industry leaders. [...]