Korea Forest Service Conducts 'Emergency On-Site Inspection' of Mountain Solar Power Facilities

Before the rainy season began, on June, Park Jong-ho, the Commissioner of the Korea Forest Service (first from the right), visited a solar power facility installation site in the mountainous area to inspect safety conditions. Provided by Korea Forest Service

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] The Korea Forest Service is launching an emergency on-site inspection of solar power facilities in mountainous areas. The purpose is to prevent damage to the mountains caused by heavy rain in advance.

On the 5th, the Korea Forest Service announced that it will organize a special mountain inspection team to conduct emergency on-site inspections of solar power facilities, focusing on areas where heavy rain warnings are in effect.

The special mountain inspection team is led by Kim Yong-gwan, Director of the Forest Welfare Bureau of the Korea Forest Service, and is composed of the Korea Mountain Conservation Association, a specialized mountain organization, and employees of the Korea Forest Service. The inspection team will be operated as a permanent organization to actively respond to mountain disaster prevention in the future.

First, the Korea Forest Service will conduct inspections at 802 locations where secondary damage from landslides during heavy rain is highly likely, such as areas adjacent to residential houses, farmland, or roads, including property and infrastructure.

The priority inspection targets by region are distributed as follows: 115 locations in Gyeonggi-do, 239 in Gangwon-do, 55 in Chungbuk, 159 in Chungnam, 215 in Gyeongbuk, 15 in Sejong, and 5 in Incheon.

In cases where potential damage is predicted during the inspection process, urgent measures will be requested from local governments and solar power facility operators, and follow-up (secondary) inspections on the results of these measures will be continuously conducted.

Kim Yong-gwan, Director of the Forest Welfare Bureau of the Korea Forest Service, said, “As unprecedented weather disasters occur frequently, caution is required in preventing mountain disasters. The Korea Forest Service will operate the special mountain inspection team on a permanent basis to ensure thorough preventive activities so that no human or property damage occurs due to solar power facilities in mountainous areas.”

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