Shinan-gun, Nationwide First 'Renewable Energy Benefit Sharing System' Monument Unveiling Ceremony

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Seo Young-seo] Sinan County, Jeollanam-do (Governor Park Woo-ryang) installed a profit-sharing system monument and held an unveiling ceremony to commemorate the enactment of the "Ordinance on Sharing Benefits from Renewable Energy Development."

According to the county on the 30th, this ordinance was enacted in October 2018, and in April of this year, the first dividend from renewable energy development profits was paid to residents, signaling the realization of the profit-sharing policy.

The monument was installed at a location immediately visible after crossing the Anjado (Majin-ri) connecting bridge, where the profit-sharing system was realized for the first time nationwide.

The unveiling ceremony was held with Governor Park Woo-ryang, County Council Chairman Kim Hyuk-seong, county council members, Kim Jeong-dae, chairman of the Anjado Cooperative, Jang Cheol-su, chairman of the Jarado Cooperative, cooperative directors, and village residents, supported by Korea South-East Power Co., Ltd.

Profits generated from the Anjado 96MW and Jarado 24MW solar power plants, which began commercial operation last December, are expected to pay about 1.5 billion KRW this year. On the 29th, the third-quarter resident profits were distributed as dividends ranging from 510,000 KRW to 120,000 KRW per person to 2,935 residents.

Governor Park Woo-ryang said, "I thank the residents who trusted and cooperated to realize the nation's first renewable energy development profit-sharing system. Through the profit-sharing system, we will create a Sinan County where young people return, focusing on income, with various population inflow policies so that youth and urban residents can move in, as the population has increased for the first time in seven years since 2014."

In particular, to commemorate the profit-sharing system, they have begun producing the "Renewable Energy White Paper," which records four years of history including renewable energy policy establishment, ordinance enactment process, Board of Audit inspection, the world's largest 8.2GW offshore wind power, 1.8GW solar power, cooperatives, and profit sharing.

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