Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy

Minister holds “Public Institutions’ Energy Diet Resolution 10”

Trade, Industry and Energy Minister Lee Chang-yang held the “Public Institutions’ Energy Diet Resolution 10” on October 6 at the Seoul Energy Dream Center, in which 16 major institutions’ representatives attended to announce the energy saving policies and implementation plans going forward. The representatives recited and signed the resolution stating goals of 1) achieving minimum 10 percent energy saving 2) practicing the five principles of winter season energy saving a date2022-10-07

2nd Vice Minister attends hydrogen charging station completion ceremony

Trade, Industry and Energy 2nd Vice Minister Park Il-jun attended the Samcheok Gyo-dong Hydrogen Charging Station Completion Ceremony on September 30, held for promotion of hydrogen supply to the Gangwon Province area and partook in the ribbon-cutting ceremony.   Vice Minister Park gave a congratulatory message, assessing that “this completion will assure a more stable hydrogen supply for this region, while also solidifying the hydrogen economy base, including expanded supply of hyd date2022-10-04

2nd Vice Minister attends Jeju Green Hydrogen Demonstration Project Launching Ceremony

Trade, Industry and Energy 2nd Vice Minister Park Il-jun attended the “Jeju Green Hydrogen Demonstration Project Launching Ceremony” on September 29 to congratulate Korea’s first 10MW (minimum) large-scale green hydrogen demonstration project and announcement of Jeju green hydrogen global hub establishment plan.   Vice Minister Park remarked that “this is Korea’s first large-scale green hydrogen demonstration project and is a critical foundation in the water date2022-10-04

Minister holds 2nd Nuclear Energy Exports Strategy Committee Meeting

Trade, Industry and Energy Minister Lee Chang-yang held the 2nd Nuclear Energy Exports Strategy Committee (hereinafter “Committee”) Meeting on September 29 at the Seoul Garden Hotel. Headed by the Trade, Industry and Energy Minister, the Committee was first launched in August this year to foster competitiveness of Korea’s nuclear and related industries and support their market penetration overseas. It is a nuclear energy exports control tower consisting of 30 nuclear industry date2022-09-30

Minister attends "Top 10" Energy Crisis Response Conference

Trade, Industry and Energy Minister Lee Chang-yang presided the “Top 10 Conference for Energy Crisis Response” at the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) in Seoul on September 26 to discuss countermeasures to the prolonged Russia-Ukraine war and global energy crisis for the winter season with Korea’s 10 largest companies and associations.   The conference was attended by the representatives of the top 10 Korean companies and associations, including Samsung Elec date2022-09-28

Korea and Uruguay discuss cooperation in new industries

Trade, Industry and Energy 2nd Vice Minister Park Il-jun held talks with Uruguay’s Industry, Energy and Mining Minister Omar Paganini at the Government Complex Seoul on September 26 on measures to strengthen ROK-Uruguay cooperation in new industries, including hydrogen, renewable energy and EV. date2022-09-27

MOTIE attends CEM13 and MI-7 to deepen global partnership for clean energy

Trade, Industry and Energy Ministry’s Energy Industry Deputy Minister Cheon Young-gil attended the 13th Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM13) and 7th Mission Innovation Ministerial (MI-7) on September 21-23 in Pittsburg, U.S., representing South Korea. CEM was first launched in 2010 with aim to expand the distribution of clean energy and member states total 30 as of 2022. MI was launched in 2015 to expand clean energy R&D, and member states total 23 as of 2022. South Korea has participated date2022-09-26

Vice Minister visits Taebaek Gadeoksan onshore wind farm

Trade, Industry and Energy 2nd Vice Minister Park Il-jun visited the Taebaek Gadeoksan onshore wind farm in Gangwon Province on September 22 to inspect the local residents’ wind power project participation progress.   The Vice Minister toured the wind power farm and stated in his opening remarks that, “because local farmers and fishermen are inevitably affected by the construction and operation of these renewable energy plants, it is imperative that project developers communic date2022-09-23

2nd Vice Minister attends 29th Korea Gas Safety Awards

Trade, Industry and Energy 2nd Vice Minister Park Il-jun attended the 29th Korea Gas Safety Awards ceremony to award government commendations to persons that contributed to the advancement of Korea’s gas and hydrogen industry.   In the ceremony, Vice Minister Park gave a congratulatory message, and awarded 38 orders of merit and medals of honor to commend those that contributed to developing the hydrogen mobility industry, such as producing Korea’s first hydrogen fuel cell con date2022-09-21

MOTIE attends 2nd Industry & Energy GHG Reduction Council Meeting

Trade, Industry and Energy 2nd Vice Minister Park Il-jun attended the 2nd Industry & Energy Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Reduction Council Meeting on September 16 in Seoul for the KOTRA-GGGI (Global Green Growth Institute) MOU signing ceremony.   In his opening remarks, Vice Minister Park emphasized that greenhouse gas emission reduction project is humanity’s means of countering climate change, and is also a measure to expand exports and new job openings through domestic companies&r date2022-09-19