SEOUL — Samsung Electronics Co. is using solar power to reduce carbon emissions. The company’s four factories in Onyang, Giheung, Hwaseong and Pyeongtaek under its device solutions (DS) division have installed solar power generators in their parking lots. With the solar panels covering an area of 27,660 square meters, each division generates about 2,847 megawatt […]
SEOUL – South Korea’s Hyundai auto group will roll out “E-pit,” an electric vehicle charging service platform that will become part of the carmaker’s future ecosystem of clean energy vehicles. Hyundai’s electric cars based on a new modular platform will be able to charge 80 percent of their battery in just 18 minutes. Normal chargers […]
Coal-fired power generation in South Korea is expected to decrease by 23pc by 2030 from 2019’s level, under the government’s ninth basic electricity plan. This would reduce annual power-sector coal consumption by around 18.6mn t/year of NAR 5,700 kcal/kg-equivalent material. The ministry of energy and industry (Motie) last month finalised its plan to reduce the […]