Seoul City Establishes First 'Solar Power New Technology Demonstration Complex' at Seoul Energy Corporation... Collaboration Among 6 Organizations

Promoting Commercialization by Verifying New Solar Power Technologies... Completion Ceremony on 31st at Seoul Energy Corporation Site
Integrated Support for Demonstration, Commercialization, and Market Development in Collaboration with 6 Organizations Including Seoul Institute of Technology

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on the 30th that it will establish a ‘Solar New Technology Demonstration Complex’ at Seoul Energy Corporation to serve as a testbed for the latest solar power technologies and will hold a completion ceremony on the 31st.

Sixteen companies selected through a public contest will participate to verify 15 technologies including color BIPV, architectural BIPV, road solar power, and soundproof walls. Innovative technologies in the research and development stage will be directly applied to building walls, roofs, fences, parking lots, and roads within Seoul Energy Corporation, enabling realistic on-site demonstrations.

In particular, a mock-up (full-scale model) that can encompass all solar new technologies has been installed in the power generation building within Seoul Energy Corporation. This allows for comparative analysis of the performance of similar technologies under as identical environments and conditions as possible. Panels can be installed at various angles on the ‘mock-up’ to precisely identify differences in power generation performance. This actively responds to frequent environmental variables in reality and can play a significant role in accelerating technology commercialization.

Seoul not only opened the ‘Solar New Technology Demonstration Complex’ as a testbed but also operates an integrated support model in collaboration with Seoul Institute of Technology, Korea Energy Agency, Seoul Energy Corporation, Korea Institute of Energy Technology, Korea Testing Laboratory for Construction and Living Environment, and Korea Photovoltaic Industry Association to provide technology verification, performance certification issuance, innovative technology promotion, and market development as a package.

In November last year, Seoul and the six organizations signed a business agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and agreed to jointly cooperate in expanding Green New Deal projects in the future. The establishment and operation of the Solar New Technology Demonstration Complex is one of the concrete cooperation cases.

Seoul takes charge of overall planning, and the six organizations utilize their respective characteristics to support the commercialization of innovative technologies. The Seoul Institute of Technology supports the discovery of innovative technologies and industrial development, the Korea Energy Agency cooperates for rapid KS certification of new technologies, and Seoul Energy Corporation collaborates in spreading low-carbon energy new technologies. The Korea Institute of Energy Technology conducts technology verification and research at the demonstration complex, the Korea Testing Laboratory for Construction and Living Environment performs technical and product performance testing on new technology products, and the Korea Photovoltaic Industry Association supports discovering demand sources for new technologies and policy promotion.

After conducting demonstrations on 15 technologies, Seoul selects excellent technologies through technology verification and performance evaluation by specialized institutions such as the Seoul Institute of Technology. Performance certificates are issued for these technologies to support their commercialization.

Excellent technologies will also be applied to public institution buildings in Seoul. The city plans to select landmark sites and conduct pilot projects this year. After the pilot projects, it will closely monitor power generation, changes in solar panel conditions due to weather changes such as temperature and humidity, and promote commercialization.

Through the ‘Solar New Technology Demonstration Complex,’ Seoul plans to prove the field applicability and practicality of excellent technologies and lay the foundation for commercialization. Furthermore, it aims to continuously discover solar power innovative technologies that can be applied directly to existing buildings without separate installation space, leading future urban-type solar power technologies.

Lee Moon-joo, Director of the Green Energy Division at Seoul City, said, “The ‘Solar New Technology Demonstration Complex’ has greater significance because it was created through cooperation between the public and private sectors,” and added, “Seoul will do its best to continuously discover innovative technologies and lead future urban-type solar power technologies.”

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