Gwangju Nam-gu Selected for Renewable Energy Convergence Support Project for the Third Consecutive Time

Investing 4 Billion Won to Build an 'Old Downtown Energy Self-Sufficient City'

Hyochon District Energy Self-Sufficient City

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Nam-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City (District Mayor Kim Byeong-nae) has been selected for the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy's '2021 Renewable Energy Convergence Support Project' and is set to actively promote projects to build energy self-sufficient cities in rural and old urban areas.

Nam-gu announced on the 31st, "Next year, we will invest 4.024 billion KRW in projects to create energy self-sufficient cities with a 100% energy self-sufficiency rate in Daechon-dong, Hyodeok-dong, Songam-dong, Juwol 1·2-dong, and Wolsan 4·5-dong," adding, "Facilities that produce and utilize electricity and heat using solar power and solar thermal energy will be established in these areas."

Accordingly, Nam-gu plans to install solar power generation facilities with a total capacity of 1.9 MW at 515 locations by utilizing building rooftops and idle land, and to build solar thermal water heating facilities at 49 locations.

Homes will be supplied with 3 kW-class solar power generation facilities, while commercial buildings are expected to receive 5 to 49 kW-class systems.

For homes equipped with solar power generation facilities, it is generally possible to reduce monthly electricity bills by about 70 to 100%, and households with solar thermal water heating facilities are estimated to save about 40% on energy costs compared to previously used energy sources such as city gas.

Since 2018, having been selected for government-led renewable energy competitions for three consecutive years, the energy self-sufficient city cluster project that distributes renewable energy within the district has been rapidly advancing.

In particular, the energy self-sufficient village project, which had been mainly conducted in rural areas, has expanded to old urban areas located in the city center, establishing a foundation for reducing energy costs and improving resource efficiency throughout the district.

Last year, with a project budget of 1 billion KRW, solar power and solar thermal convergence facilities were distributed to 133 locations including homes and commercial buildings in 17 villages around the Daechon area Energy Valley, and this year, 3.1 billion KRW was invested to support energy convergence facilities at a total of 326 locations in Daechon-dong, Songam-dong, and Hyodeok-dong.

A Nam-gu official stated, "We will do our best to promote the project so that all residents in Nam-gu can install one power plant per household by expanding the renewable energy distribution project through government public competitions."

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