The "Juche" Flow Battery: A National Pride Inspired by vanadium flow batteries, scientists claim a proprietary design using locally mined zinc. Early tests show 65% efficiency—not stellar, but a start. State media calls it “a revolutionary leap in energy storage self-reliance.”
[pdf] A research team from South Korea’s Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology and Kyungpook National University recently created a high-performance self-charging solar energy storage system. This device aims to enhance the storage capacity and durability of existing technologies.
[pdf] The Korean company LS Materials has developed a new hybrid energy storage system (H-ESS) for electric vehicle charging stations, which it claims is cheaper, more compact and significantly longer-lasting than conventional stationary storage systems for charging stations.
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