Inside the Lab Striving to Make Korea’s Worst Polluter Net-Zero

  • Research arm of Kepco works on renewables, clean technology
  • Center offers a peek into rush by global utilities to adapt
A researcher at Kepco Research Institute works on improving amine-based liquid absorbent that captures CO2.Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg
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In a sprawling, leafy campus in the heart of South Korea, about 500 engineers are tackling the challenge of making the nation carbon neutral by mid-century.

These experts aren’t working for a university or a nonprofit. They belong to Korea Electric Power Corp., the state-owned utility that’s South Korea’s worst polluter and has been a frequent target of criticismBloomberg Terminal from environmentalists and investors like BlackRock Inc.