Industry

  • SK E&C partners with domestic company to develop competitive solar energy platform
    SK E&C partners with domestic company to develop competitive solar energy platform SEOUL --SK E&C, a builder affiliated with South Korea's third-largest conglomerate, SK Group, will develop a competitive solar energy platform in cooperation with a domestic energy IT company that provides solar power solutions. SK E&C said it signed a memorandum of understanding with Solar Connect on April 1 for cooperation in renewable energy and RE100, a global initiative that brings together the world's most influential enterprises committed to using 10 April 2, 2021
  • Seoul to promote urban green energy harvesting with subsidies
    Seoul to promote urban green energy harvesting with subsidies This image shows a building with a building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) system installed onto its wall. SEOUL -- Seoul will subsidize the utilization of building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPVs), a solar panel system that is integrated onto walls of a building from its construction stage, in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and promote urban green energy harvesting. BIPV exists in many forms including semi-transparent window glasses with built-in sola February 25, 2021
  • KHNP localizes new CIGS solar cells for building integrated photovoltaic system
    KHNP localizes new CIGS solar cells for building integrated photovoltaic system SEOUL -- Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power, the operator of nuclear power plants, has localized technology for copper indium gallium selenide solar cells that can be used to convert sunlight into electric power, as part of efforts to develop a building integrated photovoltaic system. A copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) solar cell is manufactured by depositing a thin layer of copper, indium, gallium and selenium on glass or plastic backing, along with electrodes on the fr January 25, 2021
  • Daewoo shipyard jumps into development of offshore substations for wind farms
    Daewoo shipyard jumps into development of offshore substations for wind farms SEOUL -- Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, a major shipbuilder in South Korea, will use its accumulated experience in the design and production of offshore oil plants to produce offshore substations for fixed and floating wind farms through cooperation with the power plant design and engineering wing of a state utility company. Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) said in a statement on January 20 that it has signed a memorandum of understanding January 20, 2021
  • Hyundai Motor works with domestic partner to develop fuel cell power generation system
    Hyundai Motor works with domestic partner to develop fuel cell power generation system SEOUL -- As part of its push for establishing a hydrogen business value chain encompassing transportation, construction and other industries, South Korea's Hyundai auto group partnered with LS Electric, a power system and automation company, to develop a fuel cell power generation system targeting the global market. They aim to launch a demonstration system in 2021. Under a memorandum of understanding, Hyundai will provide its proprietary fuel cell system and December 9, 2020
  • S. Korea to build joint solar energy R&D center for technology development
    S. Korea to build joint solar energy R&D center for technology development SEOUL -- To accelerate the development of solar cell technologies and help companies reduce costs, South Korea will build a joint solar energy research and development center. Domestic solar energy companies can use the center's pilot line for pre-commercial production and testing. The R&D center is part of the so-called Green New Deal project announced by President Moon Jae-in in July to turn South Korea into a carbon-neutral country by 2050 through the establishme December 1, 2020
  • Danish firm Orsted announces mega project to establish offshore wind power complex in S. Korea
    Danish firm Orsted announces mega project to establish offshore wind power complex in S. Korea SEOUL -- Orsted, a Danish power company involved in major offshore wind power projects in the world, unveiled a green energy project to establish an offshore wind power complex with a potential capacity of up to 1.6GW off South Korea's west coast that is expected to require an investment of about eight trillion won ($7.2 billion). The announcement was made at an event attended by government officials and company representatives in Seoul on November 24. The wind power co November 24, 2020
  • Fusion research tokamak sets new record in super-hot plasma
    Fusion research tokamak sets new record in super-hot plasma SEOUL -- KSTAR, a magnetic fusion device run by South Korean researchers to study aspects of magnetic fusion energy, has set a new world record in a super-hot plasma field. The technical breakthrough will contribute to an international mega-project to create a fusion reactor, which is similar to the sun. KSTAR, a research tokamak to feature fully superconducting magnets, has successfully maintained a plasma center ion temperature of 100 million degrees Celsius for 20 seconds, a November 24, 2020
  • Researchers demonstrate roll-to-roll manufacturing of flexible perovskite solar cells
    Researchers demonstrate 'roll-to-roll' manufacturing of flexible perovskite solar cells SEOUL -- South Korea's state-run research body has demonstrated the pilot-scale "roll-to-roll" manufacturing of flexible and light perovskite solar cells that can be used in cars, portable electronic devices, wearable devices and more in the future. A perovskite solar cell (PSC) includes a perovskite structured compound as the light-harvesting active layer. Compared to silicon solar cells, perovskite solar cells November 17, 2020
  • Research center built in Ulsan to commercialize seawater battery products
    Research center built in Ulsan to commercialize seawater battery products SEOUL -- A research center to commercialize a new type of eco-friendly and cost-efficient batteries that can store and produce electricity using seawater has been built on the compound of a prominent South Korean science school. Seawater batteries use sodium to generate electricity. A ceremony is set for November 13 to open the center at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) in the southeastern city of Ulsan. Seawater batteries can be used at large November 13, 2020