2026년 1월 12일
Although policies to expand renewable energy are being promoted, on the ground many projects fail to progress to commercialization due to insufficient operational stability, data reliability, and revenue settlement structures. In this context, three companies with both technological capability and execution strength in the climate and energy industry have joined forces to launch a pilot project that combines renewable energy with carbon assetization.
Ecobell (CEO Kim So-yeon), ISAAC GES (CEO Yoo Soo-han), and EIPGrid (CEO Tony Lee) announced on the 12th that they recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to promote a joint demonstration project linking renewable energy, virtual power plants (VPP), and carbon assetization, and launched a three-company cooperative body called the “Energy Dream Team.”
This collaboration is drawing attention as an execution-focused model that goes beyond a simple declarative partnership, connecting renewable energy infrastructure development, power operation, data verification (MRV), and carbon asset creation into a single value chain.
In particular, with regard to carbon assets, carbon assets remain an area in which the concept and value are not yet sufficiently understood at many sites. While institutional and policy discussions are expanding, there is still no clear understanding at the field and corporate levels of what qualifies as a carbon asset, how it is verified, and how it is connected to revenue.
The Energy Dream Team plans to focus on addressing this gap between policy and on-site realities through a pilot model that directly resolves it through operations, data, and business structures.
A total of three energy-specialized companies are participating in this collaboration. ISAAC GES is a company specialized in the construction of renewable and green energy facilities, based on extensive on-site experience in the energy and engineering fields.
Ecobell’s core business is a technology platform that verifies carbon reduction performance based on industrial and energy data and converts it into carbon assets. Through its independently developed RTU, “EcoNode,” it collects and manages generation and operation data in real time, and this data is linked to the carbon asset management platform “ecoAsset,” leading to emissions reduction calculations and credit creation.
EIPGRID is an energy software company that integrates and operates distributed energy resources and renewable energy based on AI. Through its subscription-based energy service “Energy Saver” and AI analytics service “PowerSight,” it has commercialized electricity cost reduction and operational optimization.
Through this collaboration, (1) operations that consider grid stability, (2) performance measurement aligned with market and settlement standards, and (3) securing data reliability that leads to carbon assetization will be implemented simultaneously. The pilot project will begin in the Jeonnam and Jeonbuk regions and was designed from the initial stage with domestic and overseas market expansion in mind.
In overseas markets, Japan is a market where the integration of distributed resources and the trading of carbon reduction performance are rapidly being institutionalized, and this model is assessed as having high potential to expand into a high value-added carbon asset business locally.
A joint representative of the three companies stated, “Renewable energy and energy efficiency are spreading rapidly, but carbon assets are still an area that is not clearly understood in the field,” adding, “This pilot project will be the first case to clearly demonstrate that ambiguity through data and business structure.”
The representative continued, “Starting in 2026, the trend of renewable energy, distributed energy, VPP, and carbon assets being integrated into a single market structure will accelerate in earnest,” and added that they hope the Energy Dream Team will become a representative case of this change as a business model most aligned with the current government’s policies.
Meanwhile, the Energy Dream Team plans to gradually link environmentally friendly, long-duration ESS that resolve safety issues in the future, completing an “integrated energy–carbon business model” that connects renewable energy generation to storage, operation, and carbon assetization. Environmentally friendly long-duration ESS are attracting attention as next-generation storage systems due to their higher stability, sustainability, and economic efficiency compared to lithium-ion–based batteries.