South Korean solar panels Archives

S. Korean Gov’t Making Last-Ditch Effort to Dissuade U.S. From Imposing Tariffs

SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Deputy Minister for Trade Kang Sung-chun left for the United States yesterday as South Korea looks to make one last push to encourage its second-largest trading partner to back off from imposing tariffs on solar panels and washing machines. Though fingers are crossed, the general mood is pessimistic, with [...]

Citizen-Funded Solar Farms to be Built on Water Treatment Facilities

SEJONG, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Come next year, citizen-funded solar panels are to be installed on unused spaces within the nation’s water treatment facilities. The business model in which citizen cooperatives invest in solar power and take home the resulting profits has been implemented in the past, although on a vastly smaller scale; of [...]