SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A local power company has embarked on a project to set up power facilities for hydrogen fuel cells using domestic technology. South Korea’s state-run utility Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) announced Tuesday that it has extended the hydrogen pipelines installed in the Ulsan Industrial Complex and connected them with [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A power plant site, once regarded as a place to avoid, has been renovated into a popular destination for both tourists and local residents to rest and enjoy sightseeing. The Korea Southern Power Co. (KOSPO), a state-run power firm, announced Tuesday that it had completed the first phase of [...]
YEONGDONG, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – A series of court rulings have been made indicating that local governments are justified in disallowing solar power facilities that are recklessly installed amid the renewable energy craze. On June 29, the Supreme Court rejected an appeal filed by a solar power company against Yeongdong County, North Chungcheong Province, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced on Monday that it will include additional fine dust reduction measures in the 9th Basic Plan on Electricity Demand and Supply, which is to be established this year. The government plans to expand its policy to limit coal power plant output [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s state-utility firm said Thursday it has built a 3.5-megawatt floating solar farm on waters located at a coal-fired power plant to produce clean energy. The Korea East-West Power Co. (EWP) said it has installed solar panels on water near a coal ash deposit site at the Dangjin [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A new law will allow bio-heavy oil made from pork fat and other leftover oil to be used to generate electricity in place of petroleum. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced yesterday legislation that approves the use of bio-heavy oil to provide a more stable source of [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The cost for generating power by burning coal has hit a new high this year. This is due to the decrease in production by major coal producing nations. As Korea’s reliance on coal as an energy source is the highest, and as fine dust emissions from coal power plants [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A state-run utility firm said Wednesday it will use drones to more efficiently manage coal yards and improve safety for workers as it steps up investment to adopt more unmanned systems in other power plants. The Korea South-East Power Co. demonstrated a drone flight at its coal power plant [...]
BUSAN, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — On August 27, Busan Green Energy, a special purpose company formed by the Busan Metropolitan City government, the Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Company, Busan City Gas and Samsung C&T Corporation, announced that it will hold an opening ceremony to commemorate a fuel cell power plant that was completed [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – POSCO Engineering & Construction Co. said Sunday it has won a 950 billion-won (US$832 million) deal to construct a coal-fired power plant in Bangladesh. Under the contract signed with Japanese trading firm Sumitomo Corp., the construction arm of steelmaker POSCO will build a 1,200 megawatt plant and related facilities [...]