Promotion of 2022 Geochang-gun New Renewable Energy Convergence Support Public Project

Confirmation of Project Sites in Geochang-eup, Namha-myeon, Gajo-myeon, and Gabuk-myeon and Plans for Application to Public Project Competitions

Geochang County Office building exterior view

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Geochang-gun, Gyeongnam announced on the 26th that it will promote the ‘2022 Renewable Energy Convergence Support Public Contest Project’ announced by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy at the end of March.

This public contest project, with a budget of 3 billion KRW and a scale of 430 locations, involves installing facilities of two or more types of renewable energy sources such as solar power and solar heat in houses, public facilities, and buildings to activate resident participation and create energy self-sufficient villages. If selected, the county is expected to establish itself as the city with the highest renewable energy self-sufficiency rate in Gyeongnam Province.

The project target areas are Geochang-eup, Namha-myeon, Gajo-myeon, and Gabuk-myeon. The county plans to conduct a preliminary demand survey by mid-June through resident briefings with participating companies selected through an open recruitment, then establish the final project plan after on-site surveys and application submissions, preparing for the public contest application and open evaluation.

Gu In-mo, the mayor of Geochang-gun, said, “Since up to 90% of the total project cost will be supported by national and county funds if selected, minimizing self-payment, we ask for the interest and applications from residents of the target towns and townships. We will do our best to prepare for the evaluation based on the secret to being selected in the seven previous rounds of this public contest project.”

About 130 basic local governments are participating in this public contest project, and the selection results are expected to be announced in October after open and on-site evaluations by the Korea Energy Agency under the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy.

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