Energy digest — Nov 5, 2026
Top line: A quiet day with one item of note: South Korea's science ministry has set a two-day deep tech commercialization festival in Daejeon for November 12–13, staged around the government's "Seven SEED Projects" — strategic bets spanning small modular reactors, fusion, quantum and aerospace.
Brief
- Korea's deep tech festival set for November 12–13 in Daejeon: South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT will hold the 2026 Korea Deep Tech Commercialization Festival at the Daejeon Convention Center, organized by 11 startup-support agencies under the theme "Lab Imagination, World Business." Around 243 lab-based startup teams graduate from the TeX-Corps exploration program on day one, with "Deep Tech Startup Investment Hunt" sessions where investors announce assessments and intended investment amounts on the spot; day two brings a one-minute pitch studio and a NEST Demo Day for 13 startups. The event spotlights the government's Seven SEED Projects, announced in August: small modular reactors, nuclear fusion, renewable energy, quantum technology, aerospace, advanced biotech and advanced supply chains.