{
  "id": 7266854,
  "title": "HD Hyundai E&F opens LNG cogeneration plant in Seosan",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/hd-hyundai-e-f-opens-lng-cogeneration-plant-in-seosan",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-14T07:32:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/business/companies/20260914/hd-hyundai-ef-opens-lng-cogeneration-plant-in-seosan"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "HD Hyundai E&F, a subsidiary of HD Hyundai Oilbank, has commenced commercial operations at its new LNG cogeneration plant in Seosan, South Chungcheong Province. The $303 million facility, which began construction in March 2024, is designed to provide electricity and heat to the Daesan petrochemical complex. The plant utilizes a high-efficiency combined-cycle system fueled by liquefied natural gas and can generate 290 megawatts of electricity and 321 tons of heat per hour. HD Hyundai E&F completed testing of the facility before starting commercial operations in late July. The energy produced will be supplied to companies operating in the complex, including H&L Advanced, offering stable and competitively priced energy.",
  "summary": "A new power plant is beginning to reshape how energy reaches Korea’s sprawling Daesan petrochemical complex, with HD Hyundai E&F starting commercial operations at an LNG cogeneration facility built to supply both electricity and heat. HD Hyundai E&F, a group-energy subsidiary of HD Hyundai Oilbank, held a completion ceremony Monday at its plant in Seosan, South Chungcheong Province, the company…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": "The new LNG cogeneration plant in Seosan enables stable and competitively priced energy supply to companies in the Daesan petrochemical complex, including H&L Advanced.",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "HD Hyundai E&F opens LNG cogeneration plant in Seosan",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/hd-hyundai-e-f-opens-lng-cogeneration-plant-in-seosan-7269015",
        "published": "2026-09-14T07:47:02.000Z"
      }
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}