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
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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 criticism from environmentalists and investors like BlackRock Inc.