SEOUL, Aug. 25(Korea Bizwire) — TerraPower LLC, a nuclear power startup founded by Bill Gates, has expressed hope for closer business ties with SK Group, the country’s No. 2 conglomerate said Monday. TerraPower expressed such a hope in a meeting between Gates and SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won, held in Seoul last week, where the [...]
SEOUL, March 12 (Korea Bizwire) — HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., a major South Korean shipbuilder, said Wednesday it has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with TerraPower LLC, a nuclear power startup founded by Bill Gates, to expand the manufacturing supply chain for power plants featuring sodium-cooled reactors. Under the partnership, the two companies will [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Doosan Enerbility Co. said Thursday it plans to supply key components for a small modular reactor (SMR) project by TerraPower LLC, a nuclear reactor startup founded by Bill Gates, in the United States. The South Korean nuclear power plant builder said it has signed a contract with TerraPower to [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The state-run Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) plans to invest US$40 million in TerraPower LLC, a U.S. small-sized nuclear reactor company founded by Bill Gates, an industry source said Friday. If formally approved by KHNP’s board, it will mark the first investment by a state-run energy firm into [...]
SEOUL, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Two affiliates of South Korea’s SK Group have signed a partnership agreement with a U.S. nuclear company, backed by Microsoft Corp. founder Bill Gates, to collaborate on the commercialization of an advanced reactor, an SK unit said Wednesday. SK Inc., SK Innovation Co. and the state-run Korea Hydro & [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE), a subholding company of shipbuilding, oil refining and machinery conglomerate HD Hyundai, has announced the signing of a US$30 million investment deal with TerraPower, a U.S. nuclear power venture founded by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. The small modular reactor (SMR) technology owned by [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Two affiliates of South Korean refining-to-semiconductors conglomerate SK Group said Monday they have invested US$250 million in U.S. nuclear reactor design firm TerraPower for joint business opportunities. Through the investment, SK Inc., the holding company of SK Group, and SK Innovation Co., the country’s leading refiner, will jointly develop [...]
SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Inc., the holding firm of South Korea’s No. 2 conglomerate SK Group, said Tuesday it has signed an initial agreement with a U.S. nuclear power venture founded by Microsoft founder Bill Gates, as it seeks to tap into the small-sized nuclear power reactor business. The agreement was signed [...]