Gwangju City Appoints Hwang Yoon-gil, Secretary of Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, as Head of Energy Industry Division
[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced that through a planned personnel exchange with the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, Hwang Yoon-gil, a technical secretary, was appointed as the head of the Energy Industry Division as of the 11th.
Hwang Yoon-gil, the newly appointed head of the Energy Industry Division, is an expert in the industrial field with 23 years of experience working at the Small and Medium Business Administration and the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy.
In particular, he has worked extensively in the Ministry of Industry and Resources' Gas Industry Division and Energy Resource Policy Division, the Ministry of Knowledge Economy's Steel and Chemical Division, and the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy's Power Promotion Division and Automobile and Aviation Division, gaining practical experience and capabilities in the energy and mobility sectors, as well as establishing a diverse personal network.
Director Hwang said, “I was impressed by how Gwangju is leading the Gwangju-type 3 Major New Deals and supporting the government's Korean New Deal.” He added, “Based on the experience and personal network I have built at the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, I will do my best to ensure that Gwangju's Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Green New Deal is fully promoted.”
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Meanwhile, Gwangju City is designating this year as the inaugural year of the Gwangju-type Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Green New Deal and is promoting various projects to achieve energy self-sufficiency by 2045. These include citizen-centered energy transition initiatives such as the establishment of citizen solar power plants and the creation of energy transition village hub centers, expansion of new and renewable energy supply on idle land of public institutions along roads, and fostering new energy industries through the ‘Green Energy Energy Storage System (ESS) Power Generation’ regulatory free zone.
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