JINCHEON, South Korea, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Another eco-friendly energy town has been established in South Korea, this time in Jincheon County, North Chungcheong Province. The Korean government has been investing in areas near incineration plants and human waste disposal facilities shunned by the general public to transform municipalities into environmentally-friendly energy towns. Such [...]
SEJONG, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean companies will participate in Oman’s large-scale energy and infrastructure projects totaling approximately US$27.1 billion, the trade ministry said Tuesday. The two countries came to an agreement at their economic cooperation committee meeting, according to ministry officials. The committee has been meeting every other year since 2009, this [...]
DAEJEON, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) – A joint research team from POSTECH and UNIST announced Sunday that it had developed a more efficient, nanometer-length (one-billionth of a meter) photocatalyst, a core technology for the development of artificial leaves. Artificial leaves are part of a man-made photosynthesis system that mimics the process occurring in natural plants. [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – More homes in South Korea have installed solar panels in the past few years to reduce the cost of electricity, data showed Monday. According to the data compiled by Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO), some 165,449 homes had rooftop solar panels as of June this year to make up [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will build a large-scale laboratory for solar photovoltaic technology, allowing companies to test the safety and reliability of solar-powered products, officials said Wednesday. The 1.5-megawatt lab will be built in the administrative capital of Sejong City, about 120 kilometers south of Seoul. If completed, South Korea will [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will double its investment in renewable energy technology as the country seeks to harness its climate change policy as a new economic growth driver, a senior diplomat said Thursday. “With recent low oil prices, the global energy market appears relatively stable, but actually it is in a [...]
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, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s exports of clean, renewable energy products have sharply increased from a year earlier in the first seven months of the year, the trade ministry said Monday, indicating improving competitiveness of South Korean products. Outbound shipments of solar panels and other related equipment came to US$2.01 billion in [...]
JEJU, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study led by Hosei University professor Shirai Nobuo and professor Lee Soo-cheol of Meijo University revealed that Koreans and Japanese have different perceptions of natural disasters. The survey, which was conducted with the participation of 520 citizens from each of Tokyo and Seoul, showed that 48.8 percent [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) revealed Monday that Korea Western Power Co. (KWP), one of the six major power producers in Korea, will collaborate with a tomato farm in Hongseong County (Octo & Jain) and a Nonsan strawberry farm (Nakwon Farm) to reduce greenhouse emissions. [...]