Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy

Energy Vice Minister attends opening ceremony of Korea's 1st Energy Superstation

Energy Vice Minister Park Ki-young attended the opening ceremony of Korea’s first Energy Superstation on February 9, held at SK Bangmi Gas Station in Seoul. The Minister delivered a congratulatory message and partook in the ribbon cutting ceremony, which was followed by a tour around the fuel cell and EV charging facilities.   The Energy Superstation is the nation’s first gas station to have been converted into a charging station for electric and hydrogen vehicles. This conver date2022-02-10

Energy Vice Minister holds 12th Energy & Resources Management TF Meeting

Energy Vice Minister Park Ki-young presided the 12th Energy & Resources Supply-Demand Management TF Meeting on February 9 at the Korea Trade Insurance Corporation (K-Sure) in Seoul.  The meeting was convened for the purpose of inspecting domestic and external supply-demand and price trends ensuing increasing oil prices and Russia-Ukraine conflict. The Minister delivered an opening message, after which discussions followed with regard to global oil market issues and oil supply emergency date2022-02-10

Minister Moon attends completion ceremony of Korea's largest solar plant

Trade, Industry, and Energy Minister Moon Sung-wook visited the completion ceremony of Sinan Solar Power Plant located in Sinan-gun, South Jeolla Province on January 26. Currently Korea’s largest (150MW) in scale, the Sinan Solar Power Plant is a KRW 319.6 billion project with the participation of public power company Korea South-East Power Co. and domestic solar power company Topsun.   As part of the ceremony, Minister Moon presented certificates of commendation to 5 persons of mer date2022-01-27

Korea's largest solar power plant starts commercial operation

Trade, Industry, and Energy Minister Moon Sung-wook attended the completion ceremony of Sinan Solar Power Plant located in Sinan-gun, South Jeolla Province on January 26.  The Sinan Solar Power Plant is a KRW 319.6 billion project with the participation of public power company Korea South-East Power Co. and domestic solar power company Topsun. It is the largest (150MW) solar power plant complex in Korea, built on saline wasteland with abundant sunlight, generating 209.7GWh of power per ann date2022-01-26

Energy Vice Minister visits ESS facilities for emergency safety inspection

Energy Vice Minister Park Ki-young visited the Daeseon Solar Power Plant located in Wonju-si, Gangwon Province on January 25 to promote the inspection of safety systems and prevention of safety accidents regarding ESS equipment and facilities, in view of the recent fires. During the visit, Minister Park received an update and briefing of ESS safety management status and related challenges on-site before touring the ESS facilities and encouraged site personnel to keep up their hard work. date2022-01-26

MOTIE holds Energy Facilities Safety Inspection Meeting

Energy Vice Minister Park Ki-young held an online “Energy Facilities Safety Inspection Meeting” at the Government Complex Seoul on January 19 for the prevention of safety accidents during high risk seasons.  Minister Park addressed the need to preemptively identify risk factors through special inspections on energy production and supply facilities, requesting speedy maintenance on faulty equipment. Noting the recent electrocution accident and ESS fire, he further led discussion date2022-01-21

Energy Vice Minister visits wintertime power supply-demand management site

Energy Vice Minister Park Ki-young visited Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO)’s central power control center located in South Jeolla Province on January 11 to inspect wintertime power supply and demand management.    After being briefed on the winter season power supply and demand situation by Korea Power Exchange CEO Jung Dong Hee and Control Center Director Shim Hyun-bo, the Energy Minister delivered an encouraging message to employees on their hard work.   date2022-01-13

MOTIE holds public-private joint offshore wind power TF meeting

Trade, Industry and Energy 2nd Vice Minister Park Ki-young held a public-private joint offshore wind power TF meeting at the Korea Trade Insurance Corporation (K-sure) on January 6, 2022. The meeting aimed to gather and discuss solutions to challenges faced by domestic offshore wind power industry businesses. Vice Minister Park noted that “Korea’s large-scale offshore wind power projects are still in their early stage, so challenges are sure to surface,” and stressed the urgen date2022-01-12

Minister Moon attends retirement ceremony for Korea’s oldest coal-fired power plant

Trade, Industry and Energy Minister Moon Sungwook attended the retirement ceremony for Honam Thermal Power Plant, Korea’s oldest coal-fired power plant in Yeosu, on December 28. The Plant will be transformed into an eco-friendly power generation complex consisting of LNG combined cycle power plants and fuel cell power plants. Minister Moon expressed hope that the eco-friendly power generation complex would continue to contribute to the local economy and meet national electricity demand, an date2021-12-28

Minister Moon delivers congratulatory speech at nuclear industry’s commemoration event

The Ministry of trade, Industry and Energy co-organized a commemoration event for the nuclear industry with the Ministry of Science and ICT and the Nuclear Safety and Security Commission on December 23, to encourage the industry’s effort to provide safe nuclear energy amid the shift to carbon neutral energy. date2021-12-23