Korea

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

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

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

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 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.

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

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

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

 

 

 

 

 

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 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.

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