South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT said on Friday it held a "Future Energy New Technology Academic Societies and Government-Funded Research Institutes Consultative Body" meeting at the Korea Institute of Energy Research in Daejeon. It said it found 7 new technologies in future energy and environment and will pursue new commercialisation.

The ministry has operated the consultative body since 2024 to systematically identify promising and gap technologies in energy and environment, including hydrogen, solar cells, CCU, resource circulation and climate adaptation. It includes 11 academic societies and 12 government-funded research institutes.

It said the role of the consultative body has strengthened this year as the R&D policy environment changes, including preliminary feasibility studies for R&D, the abolition of the PBS system and the creation of strategic research programmes for government-funded research institutes. It said academic societies and government-funded research institutes have joined forces to plan converged technologies and discuss functional specialisation by subcommittee.

The consultative body made the final selection of 7 new technologies from more than 20 technologies identified over the past year, after discussions and technology convergence among academic societies and government-funded research institutes. The ministry plans to draw up detailed business plans for the selected technologies and 추진 them as new R&D projects in 2027.

Among the selected technologies, the "Energy and Resource Integrated Strategy Brain Platform" integrates energy supply chains such as electricity, gas and heat with resource supply chains such as hydrogen and CCU. It supports multi-layered, comprehensive analysis. The goal is to build a national intelligent platform that can respond pre-emptively to the climate crisis.

The "Advanced Industry Thermal Energy Management" technology turns waste heat generated in advanced industries into resources to build an energy circulation system. It aims to raise energy-use efficiency across the system through AI-based active control.

In hydrogen, the consultative body selected "Hybridge Next-Generation Hydrogen" technology. It is expected to diversify clean hydrogen supply sources through next-generation core technologies such as intermediate-temperature water electrolysis and photolysis and bio-hydrogen production. It is also expected to support activation of the hydrogen economy and industrial decarbonisation.

The "Mineral Carbonation and Cement Industry CCU" technology converts carbon dioxide emitted from cement processes into useful materials such as calcium carbonate. The project targets using at least 58,000 tons of CO2 a year, and is expected to contribute to national greenhouse gas cuts and achieving carbon neutrality.

It also includes "Ultra-high-efficiency, widely deployable, super-gap solar cell" technology using perovskite materials, "U-Bio Refinery 2035" to convert wood or agricultural and livestock byproducts into petrochemical feedstock, and "Climate-adaptive Green Water-Energy Link" technology to diversify water sources for high-quality water supplied to hydrogen production and CCU.

Seong-su Kim (김성수), director general for R&D Policy at the ministry, said it will strengthen communication with the field through substantive operation of the public-private consultative body. He said it will continue to identify promising and gap technologies in energy and environment and continue R&D support so it can contribute to achieving the 2035 NDC and realising carbon neutrality in 2050.