Gwangju Seo-gu Selected for 'Renewable Energy Convergence Support' Public Project for 2 Consecutive Years

Promotion of a 4 Billion Won Renewable Energy Distribution Project Next Year

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Seo-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City (Mayor Seo Daeseok) announced on the 16th that it has been selected for the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy’s ‘Renewable Energy Convergence Support’ public contest project for the second consecutive year to create an urban-type Green Village.

Accordingly, Seo-gu will promote a renewable energy distribution project worth 4 billion KRW next year.

The ‘Renewable Energy Convergence Support Project’ is a project aimed at forming energy self-sufficient villages by intensively distributing renewable energy such as solar power generation facilities for electricity production and solar thermal systems for hot water production at the village level in urban residential areas.

It is one of the core projects of the Gwangju-type AI-Green New Deal policy for building an energy self-sufficient city by 2045 in Gwangju, and Seo-gu is also focusing on promoting this project through the Green New Deal initiative.

This year, the district is investing 2.6 billion KRW to install a total of 1.1 MW of solar power generation facilities at 357 locations and solar thermal hot water facilities at 20 locations in the Hwajeong 3 and 4-dong areas.

With the final selection of this project, the plan is to expand the project to areas including Sangmu 1 and 2-dong, Hwajeong 1-dong, and Geumho 1-dong.

For next year’s project sites, 4 billion KRW will be invested in 447 locations to install solar power generation facilities with a total capacity of 2 MW at 436 locations, solar thermal hot water facilities at 10 locations, and fuel cell power generation facilities at 1 location.

A Seo-gu official said, “This contest selection has provided momentum for promoting the Green New Deal policy in the post-COVID-19 era,” and added, “We will continue to promote various Green New Deal policies to take the lead in building an energy self-sufficient city.”

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