Samsung to plough $7bn into green energy centre

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Complex on west coast of Korea will house construction facilities for wind turbines and solar batteries

South Korea's Samsung Group will invest 7.6 trillion won ($7bn) from 2021 to build a green energy industrial park, according to reports today. The complex will be built in the west coast area of Saemangeum,...

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