SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — SK E&S Co., the energy unit of South Korean conglomerate SK Group, said Wednesday it will team up with U.S. fuel cell maker Plug Power Inc. to make a foray into the Asian hydrogen market. The two companies struck a deal to establish a 51:49 joint venture company, nine [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Businesses are speeding up competition in the hydrogen industry as they set up new corporations or engage foreign businesses. Doosan Group recently established Doosan H2 Innovation, a new corporation that will be in charge of developing solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC). The group also plans to reorganize the R&D [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s industry ministry on Monday designated eight additional hydrogen-focused businesses eligible to receive state financial support, in line with the country’s goal to slowly phase out conventional resources and go carbon neutral by 2050. The country launched a new law on promoting the hydrogen economy in February, under [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The state-run Korea Gas Corp. (KOGAS), a major gas supplier in the country, plans to establish convergence charging stations for hydrogen fuel-cell electric buses. Last week, KOGAS signed a shareholder agreement with five companies including railway system and plant equipment maker Hyundai Rotem Co. and construction firm Samsung C&T [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Major South Korean companies are betting big on hydrogen across sectors as they strive to shift from carbon-intensive businesses to a more sustainable model and capture new opportunities in the emerging energy sector. Hydrogen can offer solutions in fields ranging from transport to energy storage as an alternative to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean refiner Hyundai Oilbank Co. said Thursday it will produce separators for fuel cells and develop other essential parts to diversify its hydrogen business portfolio. The refinery unit of shipbuilding giant Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings said it will establish the fuel cell separator facility in Seosan, about 120 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Mobis Co., South Korea’s biggest auto parts maker, said Friday it will invest 1.32 trillion won (US$1.1 billion) in two local hydrogen fuel-cell plants by 2025. Hyundai Mobis plans to build a hydrogen fuel-cell stack plant in Incheon, just west of Seoul, and a hydrogen fuel-cell systems assembly [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean construction machinery maker Hyundai Construction Equipment Co. on Tuesday said it will develop small-sized forklifts to be powered by hydrogen fuel cells. The subsidiary of Hyundai Genuine Co. will team up with S-Fuelcell Co., a local hydrogen fuel cell maker, to commercialize the 1-3 ton forklifts by [...]
SEOUL, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s steel giant POSCO announced on Monday that in collaboration with power plant builder Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co., it will develop a new power generation technology using the ammonia synthesized from green and blue hydrogen as a fuel. The two parties, together with the Research Institute [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Lotte Chemical Co., a major South Korean petrochemical company, said Tuesday it will invest 4.4 trillion won (US$3.8 billion) in the hydrogen business by 2030 to cut its carbon emissions and foster the new growth driver. The petrochemical unit of Lotte Group said it aims to generate 3 trillion [...]