Geomdan, Incheon's Fastest-Growing District, Launches 229.3 Billion Won Eco-Friendly Complex

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1. 'Zero Energy' Residential Complex in Geomdan…iH Launches 229.3 Billion Won Bid

- Key Summary: Incheon Urban Corporation (iH) has announced a public bid for private developers on two residential land parcels (90,000㎡) on the west side of Central Lake Park in Geomdan New Town. The estimated supply price is 229.3 billion won, and the site will be developed into a 160,000㎡ low-energy pilot residential complex named "Human Energy Town." Zero Energy Building (ZEB) Grade 4 or higher certification is mandatory, requiring an energy self-sufficiency rate of 20% or more. Only consortiums of five or fewer corporations may participate, with conditions requiring the lead company to hold a stake of 30% or more and the inclusion of at least one housing construction operator.

2. Bank Stocks Smiled While Chips Fell…Showing Their 'Defensive' Colors in a Correction

- Key Summary: Amid the KOSPI's plunge, eight of 11 bank stocks closed higher, demonstrating defensive characteristics. As a Bank of Korea base rate hike in July became more likely, the yield on three-year government bonds reached 3.882%, a high not seen in about two years and seven months, and expectations of improved net interest margin (NIM) boosted demand for bank stocks. The Financial Supervisory Service's downward adjustment of ELS fines from 1.4 trillion won to around 600 billion won also acted as a positive factor. The combined net profit of the four firms—KB, Shinhan, Hana, and Woori Financial—is expected to reach 19.913 trillion won this year, up 10.9% from the previous year.

3. Jensen Huang: "We Will Build an AI Research Center in Seoul…The Gift Relates to Four New Products This Year"

- Key Summary: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has formalized plans to build an AI research center in Seoul. Although alternatives such as Saemangeum were discussed, Huang firmly chose Seoul, with a plan to use it as an outpost for strengthening physical AI cooperation with SK, LG, and Naver. During this visit to Korea, he intensively pursues cooperation related to four new products—Vera (CPU), Rubin (GPU), RTX Spark (AI PC), and Jetson Thor (robotics processor)—and also forecast that expanded large-scale memory demand would open new market opportunities for Samsung Electronics and SK hynix.

4. Nuclear, Renewable Energy, and Electrical Engineering Societies: "12th Electricity Plan Should Add 2-4 Large Nuclear Reactors"

- Key Summary: The Korean Nuclear Society, the Korea Society of New and Renewable Energy, and the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers jointly issued a policy recommendation that the 12th Basic Plan for Electricity Supply and Demand should reflect plans to build an additional 2-4 large nuclear reactors. Their analysis is that maintaining a 35% nuclear share by 2050 would require 20 more new large nuclear reactors and 12 SMRs. To expand renewable energy, they also proposed codifying compensation standards for output-control losses and increasing the government's share of ESS construction costs, and urged allowing corporations to enter direct power purchase agreements (PPAs) for nuclear power.