Korea

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Korea Western Power Eyeing Development of Fuel Cells Using Biogas

Korea Western Power will develop a system to recycle biogas from livestock waste and sewage into fuel cells.

Hydrogen Project

Bloom Energy, SK Ecoplant to Expand Hydrogen Agreement to Achieve a Global Market Leadership

Bloom Energy and SK ecoplant will collaborate on establishing a market leadership in the hydrogen economy with hydrogen innovation centres set to appear across …

Electric Vehicle Battery

POSCO Chemical to Supply Materials to Norwegian EV battery Maker

POSCO Chemical Co., a unit of South Korea's steel giant POSCO, said Monday it has signed a deal with a Norwegian electric vehicle (EV) battery maker on developm…

Nuclear Decommissioning

KHNP Inks MOU with CNL to Secure Advanced Technology

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power has signed a technological cooperation MOU with Canadian Nuclear Laboratories to secure technology for spent nuclear fuel dry storag…

Market Analysis

New GHG Targets Dampen Coal Outlook in South Korea

South Korea's power sector will have to reduce its net 2030 greenhouse gas emissions by at least 44.4pc from 2018 levels to meet the newly proposed nationally d…

Hydrogen Project

SK E&S and Plug Power Form Joint Venture

SK E&S and Plug Power have signed a joint venture contract for joint business in the Asian hydrogen market. Their stakes in the joint venture are 51 percent and…

Nuclear Power Plant

North Korea’s Yongbyon Nuclear Complex: 5 MWe Reactor May Still be Operating

Recent commercial satellite imagery of the Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center indicates that the discharge of water from the 5 MWe Reactor into the out…

Coal Production

Asia-Pacific Coal Shortages Boost NE Asian Prices

The South Korean coal market extended gains this week on the back of spiralling global seaborne prices and tight availability exacerbated by heavy rainfall acro…

Hydrogen Project

Hyundai Mobis to Build Hydrogen Fuel Cell Plants in South Korea

The two facilities will be capable of producing 100,000 hydrogen fuel cells a year once fully operational.

Net Zero Emission

UK, South Korea Commit to Clean Energy Co-Operation

The UK and South Korea have signed a memorandum of understanding that will support the co-operation of the countries' respective government departments in worki…

LNG

Details of Qatar’s LNG Carrier Project Expected to Come Out in October

More details of Qatar’s LNG carrier project worth about 23 trillion won are expected to come out in October. As a result, competition to win a bigger share of …

Hydrogen Project

Doosan Fuel Cell to Export Hydrogen Fuel Cells to China

Doosan Fuel Cell will export hydrogen fuel cells for the first time in Korea.

Coal Trade

Posco Sells Out of Australian Coal Project

South Korean steel producer Posco has put the land for its failed 3mn t/yr Hume coal project in the NSW Southern Highlands and associated rail link to Port Kemb…

Hydrogen Project

KOGAS Signs MOU with GGGI for Cooperation in Green Hydrogen Business

On hand at the event at GGGI Headquarters in Seoul were Yang Jin-yeol, head of the Hydrogen Business Division of KOGAS and Frank Rijsberman, secretary-general o…

Coal Price

Asia-Pacific Coal Market Strength Lifts NE Asian Prices

The South Korean coal market rebounded sharply this week owing to strength in the Asia-Pacific commodity complex, but despite a weaker domestic demand outlook.