Researchers at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology have developed a high-capacity lithium-ion battery that is flexible enough to be stretched. Led by senior researcher Jeong Gon Son, the team created an accordion-like micro-structure, which gives structural stretchability to non-stretchable materials, and thus constructed a micro-inwardly curved electrode framework …
Read More »South Korea Pushes Energy Transition Dream with Liquid Hydrogen Plant Plan
South Korea has unveiled plans to build the world’s largest liquid hydrogen plant, taking a lead among Asian countries to embrace the clean fuel in its quest to speed up the energy transition process and cut dependence on imported oil. South Korea’s chemical-focused conglomerate Hyosung Group has signed a deal …
Read More »South Korea’s Available Oil Storage Capacity is Shrinking
South Korea, the country with the fourth-largest commercial storage capacity in Asia, has just run out of room to store more oil, sources familiar with the matter told Bloomberg on Monday, as available storage capacity everywhere in the world in shrinking fast amid the demand collapse. South Korea’s total commercial …
Read More »LNG Imports Market to Take a Hit Due to Covid-19 Crisis
In 2019, the three nations collectively imported nearly 51% of global LNG supplies.
Read More »Top Asian LNG Buyer Seeks to Delay Shipments Deep into 2020
One of the world’s top buyers of liquefied natural gas (LNG) is trying to defer some shipments scheduled through this year as the coronavirus outbreak cripples demand and as it grapples with brimming inventories. The move signals that efforts to curb the spread of Covid-19 may impact energy consumption far …
Read More »Tehran, Seoul Mayors Discuss Fight Against COVID-19
Tehran’s Mayor Pirooz Hanachi and his counterpart in Seoul Park Won-soon shared experiences in the fight against coronavirus pandemic in a video talk on Tue.
Read More »S Korea to Resume Exports of Humanitarian Aid to Iran
A South Korean foreign ministry official, on Friday, informed of his country's resumption of humanitarian exports to Iran.
Read More »LNG Demand to Dip in Japan, China, South Korea
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) demand is expected to drop in 2020 in China, Japan and South Korea, the three biggest importers of LNG in the world, Kallanish Energy reports That assessment was released on Tuesday by the Independent Commodity Intelligence Services (ICIS). It is forecasting that China 2020 LNG imports …
Read More »A Novel Biofuel System for Hydrogen Production from Biomass
A research team, led by Professor Jungki Ryu of the School of Energy and Chemical Engineering at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology in South Korea, presented a new biofuel system that uses lignin found in biomass for the production of hydrogen. The system decomposes lignin with a molybdenum …
Read More »China Hosts Japan. South Korea with Eyes on Nuclear North
China hosted the leaders of squabbling neighbors South Korea and Japan on Tuesday. flexing its diplomatic muscle with America’s two key military allies in Asia and seeking regional unity on how to deal with a belligerent North Korea.
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