Korean green technologies at center of Washington conference 한국 에너지 기술, 선진국 시장 개척

Click "CC" for Scripts Subscribe to Arirang News! Korea boasts a diverse set of homegrown, energy-efficient technologies, and the world is taking note To increase its share of the spotlight, and to give a boost to collaborative efforts worldwide , a Korean institute hosted an energy conference in Washington earlier this month Our Park Ji-won reports State-of-the-art carbon capture storage technology, innovative energy production using a renewable energy resource map and concentrated solar power, and a power storage system that uses flow-electrode deionization technology These were just some of the Korea-developed, energy-efficient technologies that took center stage at a seminar in Washington earlier this month The Korea Institute of Energy Research organized the clean energy conference, with the hopes of strengthening international collaboration in green energy field, and building a bridge between Korea's energy enterprises and the global market Some 70 people, including U S government officials and energy experts, participated in the event "Korea's clean energy policy is going in the right direction There's a national goal, plus feed-in turfs that are helping certain technologies so, in terms of whether Korea's moving forward in the right direction, it certainly is, and I think there's a lot of opportunity for the U S to collaborate and be active in energy goal " Korea aims to have renewable energy provide for about 10 percent of the country's energy needs by 2030, and organizers of the conference say Korea's achievements in the green energy field have much to offer the global market Park Ji-won, Arirang News