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Fishermen endorse Equinor consortium's offshore wind farm project in S. Korea
SEOUL -- Fishermen have endorsed a renewable energy project being pushed by Equinor, a Norwegian state-owned multinational energy company, and South Korea partners to build a 200-megawatt floating offshore wind farm that would use a useless gas platform as a substation to generate electricity. Consent from residents in fishing towns is seen as a prerequisite for state permission. Equinor has formed a consortium with two state companies -- Korea National Oil Corporation
August 11, 2021
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Hanwha Q Cells takes over French pipeline of green energy projects from RES
SEOUL -- Hanwha Q Cells, a renewable energy wing of South Korea's Hanwha Group, secured a springboard for its entry into the wind power market by acquiring the French pipeline of energy projects from Britain's renewable energy company, RES, as demand for green energy grows thanks to concern about climate change and tightened regulations on greenhouse gas emissions. Hanwha Solutions said in a regulatory filing on August 9 that its subsidiary, Hanwha Q Cell
August 9, 2021
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Equinor's floating offshore wind farm project wins consent from S. Korean fishermen
SEOUL -- Equinor, a Norwegian state-owned multinational energy company, has cleared an important obstacle that may hamper the construction of a floating offshore wind farm in South Korea by securing consent from fishermen who have shown a cynical response to the emergence of huge power generation structures in fishing zones. As part of its green energy campaign to expand the use of renewable energy, South Korea is actively pushing for offshore wind farms. Compared to fi
August 6, 2021
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Hyundai shipyard develops floater model for offshore wind turbine
SEOUL -- South Korea's Hyundai shipbuilding group has developed a semi-submersible floater model for a 10-megawatt-class offshore wind turbine in cooperation with two state bodies. It can shorten construction work because a power generation turbine can be loaded onto the floater quickly at the shipyard's pier for transportation to an offshore installation site. Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has partnered with Korean Register (KR), a maritime classification society,
July 26, 2021
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LG Electronics to replace all fuel-based vehicles with green energy-based cars by 2030
SEOUL -- Through a step-by-step process, business vehicles rented or owned by LG Electronics will be replaced with green energy-based cars that use electricity or hydrogen as their main power source. The plan is part of the South Korean tech giant's big picture to go completely green by 2050. According to LG's sustainability report released on July 21, the company will replace up to 90 percent of its internal combustion vehicles with zero-carbon cars by 20
July 21, 2021
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Hanwha Q Cells ties up with Samsung to provide home energy solution
SEOUL -- Hanwha Q Cells, the solar cell-making wing of South Korea's Hanwha Group, tied up with Samsung Electronics to provide a household energy solution that reduces carbon emissions by efficiently using energy produced at home through solar power. Their main target is Europe and the United States. Hanwha Q Cells will secure electricity production through household solar modules and an energy storage system (ESS). "We will establish a firm positio
July 5, 2021
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Researchers use 3D printing of Cu2Se thermoelectric materials for power generation
SEOUL -- Thermoelectric power generation offers a promising way to recover waste heat as it enables the direct conversion of heat to electricity without any environmental pollution. The thermoelectric effect refers to phenomena by which either a temperature difference creates an electric potential or an electric potential creates a temperature difference. Thermoelectric (TE) materials are used in thermoelectric systems for cooling or heating and are being studied as a way
June 16, 2021
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LG Energy Solution joins RE100 and EV100 initiatives to go completely zero-carbon by 2030
SEOUL -- The battery-making wing of South Korea's LG Group has joined two global initiatives RE100 and EV100 to go completely zero-carbon by 2030. The company is the 300th member to join the environmental initiative supported by companies such as Google, Apple, and General Motors. The RE100 (Renewable Electricity) initiative is an international campaign that pushes participating companies to replace 100 percent of their electric power sources with renewabl
April 16, 2021
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SK E&C and POSCO work on floating structure for offshore wind power generation
SEOUL -- SK Engineering and Construction joined hands with South Korea's leading steel group, POSCO, to develop a competitive floating structure for offshore wind power generation. With POSCO's high-performance steel, the builder will secure core technologies for the development of an independent model optimized for the domestic marine environment. A floating structure for offshore wind power generation must provide enough buoyance to support the weight of t
April 8, 2021
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Researchers set new record in conversion efficiency of perovskite solar cells
SEOUL -- A team of researchers based in South Korea and Switzerland set a new record of 25.6 percent in the power conversion efficiency of perovskite solar cells by introducing an anion engineering concept that uses pseudo-halide anion formate to suppress anion-vacancy defects and augment crystallinity. A perovskite solar cell includes a perovskite structured compound as the light-harvesting active layer. The high absorption coefficient of perovskite solar cells enables ul
April 6, 2021
