Gwangju City and International Climate Environment Center Sign Agreement to Establish Energy Transition Village Hub Center

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 8th that it has signed a consignment agreement with the International Climate Environment Center Foundation for the "Establishment and Activity Support of Energy Transition Village Hub Centers."

An energy transition village is a community that responds to the climate crisis by replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy such as solar power and saving or efficiently using energy. Citizens take the lead in grassroots movements for energy self-sufficiency at the small village level.

According to the agreement, the International Climate Environment Center Foundation will establish five hub spaces for energy transition from this month until December, support specialized projects for each village, and promote various projects to establish a Gwangju-type energy transition village model.

Gwangju City and the International Climate Environment Center Foundation plan to select five energy transition village hub centers through a public contest starting at the end of this month.

Various organizations within the villages, such as alliances (networks), can apply for participation, and a separately formed screening committee will select the supported villages next month through document and presentation evaluations.

The selected villages will develop a "Gwangju-type energy transition village" model by establishing promotion plans through expert consultation and education, and will carry out specialized projects for each village.

Additionally, Gwangju City will form an "Energy Transition Village Council" with the city council, autonomous districts, public institutions, experts, and selected villages to share the progress of village projects and collect vivid voices from the village field to reflect them in the "2045 Energy Self-Sufficient City" policy.

Furthermore, when the project concludes in December, each village will prepare a final report and hold a performance presentation to create an opportunity to spread the achievements of the five pilot villages to other regions.

Son Kyung-jong, Director of the Artificial Intelligence Industry Bureau of Gwangju City, said, "To achieve the bold goal of energy self-sufficiency by 2045, the cooperation of awakened citizens practicing energy transition from the village level is essential," adding, "We will actively support the creation of a standard model for the Gwangju-type energy transition village this year so that the wind of energy self-sufficiency blows in all villages of Gwangju."

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