Carbon Capture and Hydrogen Utilization... Ministry of Science and ICT Invests 86.2 Billion KRW in Climate Change Response Technology Development
Confirmation of Implementation Plan for Climate and Environmental Research and Development Project
The Ministry of Science and ICT announced on the 8th that it has finalized a project investing a total of 86.2 billion KRW in technology development to respond to climate change. The Ministry has confirmed the 2025 Climate and Environment Research and Development Project plan, investing 86.2 billion KRW, and will actively promote the project.
Last year, the Ministry of Science and ICT designated and operated the 'National Hydrogen Focused Research Laboratory' to secure clean hydrogen production and storage technologies. Additionally, it enacted the 'Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) Integrated Act' and is making all-out efforts to respond to climate change using science and technology.
This year, while stably supporting existing research and development tasks, various supports will be promoted to accelerate the creation of technological development outcomes.
Public-private cooperation will be strengthened to ensure that developed technologies can be linked to commercialization. Technology development and demonstration linkage will be enhanced, and industry demand-tailored technology development will be promoted through the operation of demand company consultative bodies by major technology fields.
Technology development linked to institutional foundations will be pursued to connect core technology development and industrial promotion. Based on the CCUS Integrated Act enacted last year, systems such as CCU technology and product certification and professional company verification will be established to actively support the fostering of new industries based on technology.
Efforts to expand the budget for climate change response technology development through large-scale new research and development project planning will continue. To resolve budget gaps caused by the sunset or termination of existing projects, the Ministry plans to promote the establishment of an open, continuous research and development project planning platform with academic societies, government-funded research institutes, and companies.
This year, new projects will be launched, including technology development in the zero-carbon energy field for greenhouse gas reduction, AI-based climate prediction technology, and global research and development (R&D) flagship projects.
In particular, two new projects will be promoted: the 'Core Technology Development for Zero-Carbon Energy' project (budget of 5.7 billion KRW this year), aimed at securing core new energy technologies such as solar cells and fuel cells to reduce external energy dependence, and the 'Next-Generation CCU Technology Advancement' project (4.275 billion KRW), targeting full-cycle CCU technology development linked to zero-carbon energy.
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