Seoul Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 04 Jan 2011 22:06:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Seoul's Bus Fleet Plans to Turn Half Electric by 2020 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/seoul-electric-buses-20110105/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/seoul-electric-buses-20110105/#respond Tue, 04 Jan 2011 22:06:15 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=16555 South Korea's capital is the home of some newly-launched electric buses. A country that's heavily dependent on fossil fuels, Korea is now one of the most fervent investors in battery technologies and renewable energy.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/seoul-electric-buses-20110105/feed/ 0 16555 South Korea's First Trash-Powered Hydrogen Plant Running by 2010 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/south-koreas-first-trash-powered-hydrogen-plant-running-by-2010-20090907/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/south-koreas-first-trash-powered-hydrogen-plant-running-by-2010-20090907/#respond Mon, 07 Sep 2009 07:10:42 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=4383 South Korea is taking their first steps towards hydrogen production. Government has signed a memorandum of agreement with oil refiner SK Energy and SK Engineering & Construction to build the world's first trash-powered hydrogen station. Both companies are subsidiaries of South Korean conglomerate SK Group. The plant will be able to extract hydrogen from methane emitted by landfills.

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