"Industry-Academia-Research-Government Join Hands to Prepare for 'Future Energy'... Gangwon-do, 'Artificial Sun' Research"

Gangwon-do Signs MOU with 11 Mountain, Academic, and Research Institutions to Promote Joint R&D Cooperation

Reference photo (Future Gangwon Comprehensive Development Plan) [Provided by Gangwon Province]

[Asia Economy Reporter La Youngcheol] Gangwon Province is establishing a cooperation system among industry, academia, research, and government to create a research foundation for artificial sun.

According to the province on the 25th, 13 organizations will collaborate, including the province and Chuncheon City, four companies within the province, three universities?Gangwon National University, Kyung Hee University, and Hanyang University?and four public research institutions such as the Road Traffic Authority and the Gangwon branch of the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology.

The cooperating organizations plan to ▲ establish the Gangwon Province artificial sun research network ▲ support the attraction of the artificial sun research complex ▲ discover research and development projects for the commercialization of the artificial sun and jointly promote national public projects.

The institutions will implement a phased strategy including ▲ deriving research and development suitable for artificial sun commercialization and preparing a research consultative body (Phase 1, 2021) ▲ operating an industry-academia-research-government consultative body for artificial sun commercialization (Phase 2, 2022?2024) ▲ promoting R&D centered on the artificial sun research complex (Phase 3, 2025?2027) ▲ fostering upstream and downstream industries of the artificial sun (Phase 4, 2028 and beyond).

The province aims to secure core technological capabilities for the ultimate commercialization of the artificial sun through joint research focused on key research areas such as modeling simulation, V-DEMO, materials, plasma, and robotics.

To this end, on the morning of the 25th, industry, academia, research, and government institutions will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). Following this, Yuseok Jae, President of the Korea Fusion Energy Research Institute, will give a lecture titled "Current Status and Future Development Plans of Fusion Energy Industry-Academia-Research Development."

Choi Moonsoon, Governor of Gangwon Province, said, "The foundation for forming a practical research consultative body at the Gangwon Province level to realize the dream of commercializing the artificial sun, the future energy, has been established," adding, "The province will actively engage in joint research on the artificial sun by partnering with various institutions that have excellent experience and technological capabilities."

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