Climate Ministry and KEPCO Launch 'Industry-Academia-Research-Government Forum' for Power Sector

Eight Sectors Including ESS and V2G

Development of Business Models and Policy Tasks

At the integrated inauguration ceremony of the "Power Industry Academia-Industry-Research-Government Expert Forum" held on the 17th at the KEPCO Art Center, Dongchul Kim, President of Korea Electric Power Corporation (right), and Wonju Lee, Director of Energy Transition Policy at the Ministry of Climate Energy and Environment, are congratulating the forum's launch. Korea Electric Power Corporation.

The Ministry of Climate Energy and Environment and Korea Electric Power Corporation have launched a collaborative platform for innovation in the power industry and have begun full-scale efforts to commercialize new energy technologies.

On April 17, the Ministry and Korea Electric Power Corporation held an integrated inauguration ceremony for the "Power Industry Academia-Industry-Research-Government Expert Forum" at the KEPCO Art Center. This forum is a cooperative system designed to establish a foundation for implementing new energy technologies and businesses, with more than 110 experts from government, industry, academia, and research institutions participating.

The forum is organized into eight sectors: transmission and substation ESS, distribution network ESS, next-generation inverters, V2G, VPP, AMI, heat pumps, and biohydrogen. Experts from various fields—including 42 from industry, 27 from academia, 11 from research institutes, and 34 from government and public agencies—will participate to discuss innovation strategies for the entire power industry.

Over the next five months, the forum will conduct intensive discussions to identify innovative business models in the new energy sector and develop actionable policy initiatives covering technology, market, and regulatory improvements.

Each sub-forum will hold regular and ad-hoc meetings two to three times a month to diagnose obstacles that have caused delays in the advancement of new energy businesses. The aim is to establish a "fast-track" system that encompasses the entire cycle—from demonstration projects and technology commercialization to the transfer of innovation-driven enterprises. In addition, the forum plans to continuously expand the scope of discussions by adding or adjusting sub-forums if new topics arise.

Wonju Lee, Director of Energy Transition Policy at the Ministry of Climate Energy and Environment, stated, "We will actively incorporate diverse opinions gathered from the field into our policies to strengthen institutional improvements and support."

Dongchul Kim, President of Korea Electric Power Corporation, said, "In this era of major energy transition, technology, market, and policy must be organically integrated. We will harness the collective capabilities of industry, academia, research, and government to serve as an execution platform that connects new technologies to real markets and policies."

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