SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Criticism is rising against the government’s push for renewable energy, with many claiming that government policies are directly responsible for the devastation of the natural environment across the country. Critics specifically point at solar generation facilities and wind turbines built in mountainous areas, and solar panels set up on [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — While renewable energy generation facilities are expanding rapidly on the back of the government’s policy to expand the distribution of new and renewable energy, the share of renewable energy among total power generation still remains negligible. The overall capacity of the nation’s renewable energy facilities expanded by 4,485 megawatts [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will roll out the K-RE100 system this year to enable domestic companies to procure renewable energy at home, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said Tuesday. The K-RE100 system is designed to allow electricity consumers to purchase and use renewable energy on a selective basis. RE100, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will close aging coal power plants and retire nuclear reactors to accelerate its shift toward renewable energy by 2034, the energy ministry said Thursday. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced its ninth basic plan for long-term electricity supply and demand from 2020 to 2034 in [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Shares of South Korean battery makers and renewable energy suppliers got a fresh boost Monday as investors bet on Joe Biden’s win in the U.S. presidential election with clean energy pledges. Biden’s green energy plan includes significant investments in charging infrastructure for electric vehicles (EVs) and updating government vehicle [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Eight units of South Korea’s third-largest conglomerate SK Group will participate in a global renewable energy campaign also joined by Google Inc. and Apple Inc., the group said Sunday. The SK firms will be the first South Korean companies to take part in the RE100 campaign that calls for [...]
JEJU, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The provincial government of Jeju Island, which is famous for strong winds, plans to launch a project that uses wind power to produce electricity and then use the electricity to split water to produce hydrogen energy. This is an example of a so-called green hydrogen (P2G: Power to Gas) [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government plans to introduce a forecasting system for renewable energy power generation as a way to better cope with the volatility in solar and wind power generation. Under the forecasting system, 20 megawatt-plus solar and wind power generators should report the predicted amount of renewable energy [...]
LAS VEGAS, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) — via NetworkWire — ISW Holdings, Inc. (OTC: ISWH) (“ISW Holdings” or the “Company”), a global brand management holdings company, is thrilled to announce its finalization of the new Proceso S19 Pod5ive data center design, which is capable of powering 1MW of computing mining power. Bit5ive is targeting the [...]
SEOUL, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) — As the South Korean government continues to distribute solar panels and other renewable energy platforms, Chinese manufacturers are bolstering their offensive in the South Korean market for solar panels. The Korea International Trade Association reported that imports of Chinese solar modules in January to June period this year reached [...]