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Electric Vehicles

Korea Offers Tesla ‘Active Support’ to Build Gigafactory There

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol met with Tesla CEO Elon Musk in Washington, D.C., today during a six-day visit to the US. The meeting was at Musk’s r…

Nuclear Reactor

Expansion of US-Korean Cooperation on SMRs

Agreements to cooperate on small modular reactors (SMRs) have been signed between South Korean and US companies during a visit by Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol…

Carbon Capture

HMM to Trial Onboard Carbon Capture on a Containership

South Korean shipping major HMM plans to conduct field tests of an onboard carbon capture system (OCCS) for containerships along with Samsung Heavy Industries (…

Floating Offshore Wind

Shell and Hexicon Appoint K2 Management as Lender’s Technical Advisor for South Korean Floating Wind Farm

Shell and Hexicon, through their joint venture in South Korea, have appointed K2 Management (K2M) as Lender’s Technical Advisor for the MunmuBaram project…

Nuclear Technology

U.K., South Korea Issue Joint Declaration on Nuclear Cooperation

As part of the run-up to the G7 Ministers’ Meeting on Climate, Energy, and Environment in Japan on April 15–16, U.K. energy security secretary Grant…

Hydrogen Fuel Stations

Vinssen Launches Hydrogen-Powered Boat and Fuelling Infrastructure Project

Vinssen has announced it will launch a hydrogen fuel cell propulsion ship fuelling and operation project, approved by the South Korean Ministry of Trade, Indust…

Energy Storage Battery

EV charging plus battery storage in use at Houston airport

EverCharge and PassKey, both subsidiaries of South Korean conglomerate SK Group, are partnering to develop a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) to supplement …

Offshore Wind Power

Siemens Gamesa, Doosan Make Their Joint Offshore Wind Plans in Korea Official

Siemens Gamesa and Doosan Enerbility Have Signed a Binding Framework Agreement for a Strategic Partnership for the South Korean Offshore Wind Market.

Hydrogen Technology

Enapter to Supply Electrolysers for South Korean Hydrogen Pilot

Green Hydrogen Pilot Model, credit: EnapterEnergy technology firm Enapter, together with partner YEST, will deliver two AEM electrolysers with a total capacity …

Nuclear Technology

Xe-100 SMR attracts South Korean investment

South Korea’s DL E&C and Doosan Enerbility are to invest $25m in US-based X-energy to advance the deployment of its Xe-100 advanced small modular reactor …

Nuclear Technology

South Korean Investment in X-Energy

X-energy of the USA - developer of the Xe-100 high temperature gas-cooled small modular reactor (SMR) as well as TRISO advanced nuclear fuel - has announced a s…

South Korea

South Korean President: Country Needs More Nuclear Power

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said his country’s push to be carbon-neutral by 2050 must include construction of more nuclear power generation, in a…

Nuclear Power Plant

Samsung completes design of CMSR Power Barge

South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has completed the conceptual design for the CMSR Power Barge - a floating nuclear power plant based on c…

Energy Investment

Losses May Force Japanese, S. Korean Utilities to Delay Green Investment

South Korean and Japanese power utilities are sustaining heavy losses, kept from passing rising generation costs on to customers and, according to analysts, for…

South Korea

Saudi Aramco to Pump $7 Bln Into Biggest Petchem Investment in South Korea

Saudi Aramco plans a $7-billion investment at a South Korean affiliate's factory in the port city of Ulsan to turn out more high-value petrochemical products, t…