The Ministry of Climate, Energy, and Environment (Minister Kim Seong-hwan) announced on December 22nd that it has officially commenced the first meeting of the ‘Climate and Energy DX·AX Strategy Task Force’ at the Koreana Hotel in Jung-gu, Seoul. This meeting involved 18 public enterprises and institutions in the climate and energy sector such as Korea Electric Power Corporation, Korea Power Exchange, and Korea Energy Agency.
The objective of this meeting is to establish a comprehensive government collaboration framework aimed at addressing the climate crisis and accelerating the realization of carbon neutrality through digital transformation (DX) and artificial intelligence transformation (AX) across the energy industry.
As the issue of responding to the global climate crisis becomes an urgent agenda, digital technologies such as big data, the Internet of Things (IoT), cloud computing, and AI are increasingly recognized as key instruments to enhance energy efficiency and expand renewable energies. Both the International Energy Agency (IEA) in its ‘Energy for AI & AI for Energy’ report (April 2025) and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in its report on ‘Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence for Power System Innovation’ (October 2025) have highlighted AI as a vital technology for energy transition, recommending its expanded adoption.
Aligning with this global trend, the Ministry has set ‘accelerating carbon neutrality (GX) through AI transformation (AX)’ as its core goal. To achieve this, it plans to evaluate the current state of digitalization within the domestic climate and energy industry and reinforce collaborative systems by forming a task force with participation from energy public enterprises, private sector experts, and academia.
The main focus of the first meeting was on the sharing and utilization of data to advance energy systems, such as intelligent power grids, renewable energy generation forecasting, virtual power plants (VPPs), and the automation of safety management and maintenance.
Participating agencies agreed to pursue key initiatives to establish foundations for data sharing and joint utilization, including the development of data standardization and sharing systems, the establishment of an AI-exclusive energy data center, and the development of AI convergence technologies and training of professional personnel.
The task force plans to continue holding regular meetings to link and utilize data held by various institutions and carry out joint research to develop AI-based energy efficiency and operational automation models.
Park Deok-yeol, the Hydrogen Industry Policy Director at the Ministry of Climate, Energy, and Environment, stated, “Introducing artificial intelligence is not an option but a necessity to advance toward a decarbonized green civilization.” He added, “We will actively promote AI-based policies that can be perceived in the industry by establishing a safe utilization framework for energy data.”