"Clean Energy Transition": Kyung Hee University and Korea Western Power Partner on Carbon Neutrality

Strengthening Carbon Neutrality Technology Development Through Educational and Research Cooperation

Kyung Hee University and Korea Western Power have joined forces to lead the transition to clean energy.

Kyung Hee University announced on November 11 that it had signed a strategic memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Korea Western Power to expand educational and research cooperation. The agreement was signed at the main building on the university's Seoul campus in Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul.

The signing ceremony, held on November 9, was attended by Kyung Hee University President Kim Jinsang, Planning and Coordination Director Park Ha-il, and Global Future Education Center Director Lim Hyunjin, as well as Korea Western Power President Lee Jeongbok, Procurement and Cooperation Director Song Seungnam, Mutual Growth Director Wang Minseok, and ESG Strategy Director Lee Yanghee.

Officials from Kyung Hee University and Korea Western Power pose for a photo holding the agreement after signing an MOU on education and research cooperation to achieve carbon neutrality at the university's main building on the 9th. Kyung Hee University

The agreement aims to elevate the results of ESG (environmental, social, and governance) job training, which the two institutions have conducted at least three times through Kyung Hee University's Global Future Education Center, into a mid- to long-term industry-academia cooperation model encompassing research, technology development, and talent development.

The institutions plan to share human and material resources and educational infrastructure to develop and operate lifelong education programs that promote mutual growth through industry-academia cooperation; advance customized ESG education programs for employees; conduct joint research and technology development to support the energy transition and achieve carbon neutrality; and train specialists for next-generation energy industries through exchanges of technology and personnel.

"In an era when electricity demand is surging as artificial intelligence (AI) spreads, the value of sustainable energy production and ESG management is extremely important," Kyung Hee University President Kim Jinsang said. "As a comprehensive university, Kyung Hee University will connect its diverse academic strengths in interdisciplinary collaboration with the experience of the power generation sector to deliver tangible results in carbon neutrality."

"Amid the rapid transition to electrification, carbon neutrality, and the AI era, the most important source of competitiveness is people with expertise," Korea Western Power President Lee Jeongbok said. "We will continue our close partnership with Kyung Hee University so that the academic insights and knowledge accumulated by the university can be put into practice in corporate industrial settings."

Meanwhile, to mark the agreement, Korea Western Power sponsored and operated a food truck in front of Cheongwoon Hall, Kyung Hee University's student union building, to cheer on students.

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