Korea

Regulator clears South Korea's Shin Kori-4 reactor to start operations

The commissioning is currently expected for the end of 2019.

Regulator clears South Korea's Shin Kori-4 reactor to start operations

The commissioning is currently expected for the end of 2019.

Northeast Asia cross-border power grid could cost $6.2b: KEPCO

KEPCO aims to link China, Russia, and Japan to cut domestic electricity costs and sell residual power.

KEPCO to be challenged by tighter nuclear regulation

Nuclear reactors’ utilisation rates could hit 80-85% in 2019-2020, lower than levels in 2014-2015.

South Korea, China to lead $620b energy storage market: report

They are some of the countries where increasingly cheap batteries could be installed in more business premises.

South Korea to build 4GW solar and wind complex

It will receive $8.8b worth of investments for its development.

KOSPO co-funds $101m 51.75MW wind farm in Jordan

It inked a deal with the International Finance Corp. and the Trade Insurance Corp.

Hanhwa Energy and Korea Midland Power to build 150MW US solar plant

Construction is expected to start in 2019 and end by 2020.

South Korea allows bio-heavy oil for power generation

Test runs on five plants which run on bunker-C oil ended positively.

South Korean consortium to bid for 2 nuclear projects in Europe

Projects with over 1,000MW capacity will be offered by Czech Republic and Poland.

South Korean consortium to build 750MW Angolan gas project

KOSPO and Hyundai Engineering are two of the consortium's members.

Daewoo discovers gas in Bay of Bengal

It has an exploration contract with the government until 2022.

Kepco dropped as preferred bidder for UK nuclear project acquisition

But it will let Kepco revise its model and then compete with others.

South Korea aims at increasing tax on thermal coal

The share of coal is expected to decrease to 36% by 2030.

POSCO Energy turns to floating PV projects

President & CEO Park Ki-Hong reveals the utility’s realigned focus on developing regional floating and utility-scale photovoltaic projects, and expanding its renewable energy business with overseas IPPs.