South Korea

Energy

South Korea slashes import tariffs on renewable energy equipment

Government cuts duty by 50 per cent on components used in solar, wind and geothermal power plants

clock 22 September 2009 • 1 min read

Facilities

Samsung and Bosch to jointly produce electric car batteries by 2011

Firms to invest $409m in South Korean plant with ambitious goal of capturing 30 per cent of global market

clock 15 September 2009 • 2 min read

Technology

South Korea to build world's first landfill-fuelled hydrogen station

Methane-to-hydrogen facility to power up vehicles and art studio

clock 01 September 2009 • 2 min read

Investment

South Korea unveils 80 per cent subsidy for domestic fuel cells

Plans to develop world's first "Hydrogen Economy" bolstered by generous new incentives

clock 25 August 2009 • 2 min read

Energy

South Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding snaps up DeWind for $49m

Shipmaker aims to be one of the world's largest wind turbine makers by 2020

clock 12 August 2009 • 1 min read

Facilities

Full steam ahead for Australian coal gasification project

South Korea's Samsung invests $33m to support coal-to-fertilizer plant

clock 07 August 2009 • 2 min read

Climate change

South Korea pledges to set carbon emissions target for 2020

Think-tank warns that without CO2 goal, nation is at risk from carbon border taxes

clock 04 August 2009 • 3 min read

Energy

South Korean shipmaker sails into wind turbine market

STX buys Netherlands turbine maker in $19m deal aimed at gaining global market share

clock 30 July 2009 • 1 min read

Facilities

South Korean industrial firms to spend $2.6bn on "clean coal" projects

SK Energy and POSCO to receive state funding for synthetic crude and gas research

clock 27 July 2009 • 2 min read

Facilities

Samsung Electronics to invest $4.3bn in green transformation

Multibillion-dollar initiative aims to cut carbon emissions at plants and develop more energy-efficient products

clock 20 July 2009 • 1 min read