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Korea exploring East European energy market

South Korea is looking for atomic and renewable energy cooperation with the East European energy market.

Korea exploring East European energy market

South Korea is looking for atomic and renewable energy cooperation with the East European energy market.

KEPCO unveils investment plans

KEPCO will invest $4.3 billion by 2030 in transmission and distribution upgrades.

Korean consortium to build transmission lines for Kazakhstan

A Korean consortium will build power transmission lines 327km of 220kV lines to a hydropower plant in Kazakhstan.

Ambassadors want increased Korean energy cooperation in Africa

South Korean ambassadors to Cameroon, D.R. Congo and Nigeria want to reach out to Africa.

South Korea to spend $42.6M on renewable energy testbeds

South Korea plans to spend US$42.6 million over the next three years to support local renewable energy testbed projects, the government said Tuesday.

KEPCO to invest $7.2B in smart grid by 2030

KEPCO will invest US$7.18 billion in its smart grid business by 2030. This will serve to cut carbon emissions and boost the efficiency of electricity facilities.

Radioactive leak alert issued at Daejeon nuke center

A warning of a radioactive leak was issued at a state-run nuclear power research institute in Daejeon, 164 kilometers south of Seoul.

ISET collaborates with K&K Solar and Yeungnam University

International Solar Electric Technology will be jointly collaborating with Korea-based K&K Solar and the Yeungnam University of Korea.

Korea's household energy consumption below OECD average

South Korea's average household used much less energy compared to other countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

South Korea plans massive off-shore wind farm

South Korea is going for an ambitious off-shore wind farm amounting to US$8.3 billion. According to the Ministry of Knowledge Economy or MKE this project will erect 500 wind turbines in the West Sea off the Jeolla province in ten years.

IBM Develops Korea’s renewable energy management system

IBM is collaborating with POSCO ICT to develop South Korea’s first renewable energy management system for a smart grid. As part of South Korea’s national Smart Grid initiative to achieve the vision of “Low carbon, Green growth,” the intelligent renewable energy management system will be installed as a showcase at the Smart Grid Demonstration Complex located on Jeju Island.

South Korea plans $8.2B offshore wind project

A US$8.2 billion offshore demonstration wind project will be built by South Korea in the Yellow Sea.