February 9, 2008 (BusinessWeek) – SolarWorld AG is planning to invest EUR 60 million in the construction of a factory for solar modules in South Korea. The site will initially have a capacity of 120MW, twice as high as the figure planned in October. The factory’s capacity will then be doubled at a later date. [...]
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SolarWorld plans to construct factory for solar modules in South Korea
Posted in Clean Energy, Cleantech venture capital, Korea, Solar on February 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Asia’s tigers eye nuclear future
Posted in ADB, Australia, China, Clean Energy, Hydro, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Legislation, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Nuclear, Philippines, Singapore, Solar, Thailand, Vietnam on February 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
February 15, 2008 (Asia Times) – The 2005-07 spike in petroleum prices topping out at US$100 a barrel has prodded economic planners across the globe to reconsider their energy options in an age of growing concern over global warming and carbon emissions. The Southeast Asian economies, beneficiaries of an oil and gas export bonanza through [...]
Korean Biodiesel Market Crowded
Posted in Biodiesel, Biofuels, Clean Energy, Korea, Oil, Transportation on December 18, 2007 | 5 Comments »
December 17, 2007 (The Korea Times) – Use of biodiesel remains quite low at home. But the domestic biodiesel market seems to have reached saturation point already as demand fails to follow supply despite government efforts to increase the production and use of the alternative energy. South Korea has an annual production capacity of some [...]
LG targets $7bn sales in energy solutions business
Posted in Emissions Reduction, Korea on December 5, 2007 | 3 Comments »
December 5, 2007 (AME Info) – LG Electronics, a global technology leader and pioneer in home appliance convergence as well as the world’s leading air conditioner manufacturer, announced today that the company plans to expand into the energy solution business to actively respond to energy and environmental issues.Through this move, LG expects to achieve global [...]
Asia signs ‘green region’ environment pact
Posted in Australia, China, Climate Change, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines on November 22, 2007 | 1 Comment »
November 22, 2007 (Forbes) – Leaders of 16 Asian nations including China and India signed a pact on the environment Wednesday, pledging action on climate change and forest cover, and promoting the use of nuclear energy. The East Asia Summit members threw their support behind a UN plan as the ‘core mechanism’ [...]
Sun Rises on Solar Energy
Posted in Japan, Korea, Solar on November 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
November 12, 2007 (Credit Suisse Equity Research) – In less than two hours, enough solar energy reaches the surface of the earth to satisfy the entire energy needs of the world’s population for a full year. At least, that’s the theory. In practice, solar cells generate not even 0.1 percent of the [...]
New Asian Cities Go Green, Pursue Sustainable Design
Posted in China, Clean Energy, India, Korea, Singapore on November 7, 2007 | 1 Comment »
November 6, 2007 (Architectural Record) – The word “sustainable” is not often used to describe the pollution-choked cities of Asia, but the continent is poised to host a new generation of green cities that right the wrongs of industrial-era urban planning. The question “Could we do better?” motivated New York-based SHoP Architects to take on [...]
Taiwanese Korean venture to set up $400MM solar wafer manufacturing facility
Posted in Korea, Singapore, Taiwan on October 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
October 29. 2007 (The Economic Times) – An eight-member team from South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore and officials from Kolkata-based Synergy Renewable Energy (SREPL) on Friday met West Bengal’s chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya and formalised an agreement to set up a $400-million joint venture project to manufacture solar wafer at Durgapur in [...]
SunPower to Build 2 MW Solar PV Power Plant in Korea
Posted in Clean Energy, Korea, Solar on October 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
October 3, 2007 (Clean Edge News): SunPower Corporation, a manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels, and solar systems, recently announced that it will work with Korean energy company EnE System to build a 2-megawatt solar electric power plant in Jeonju, a city in the Jeolla province of Korea. The plant, [...]
More Biofuels Legislation: Korea Biodiesel up to 3%
Posted in Biodiesel, Biofuels, Korea, Renewable Energy, Transportation on September 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
September 7, 2007 SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea aims to raise biodiesel content in domestic diesel to 3 percent from the current 0.5 percent by 2012, Seoul’s energy ministry said on Friday.The news ran counter to expectations that the government may increase the ratio to 5 percent as early as next year, market watchers said.
