Gumi-si Talks About the Present of 'RE100'

RE100 (Renewable Energy 100%) Goal

A Foothold for Transition to Renewable Energy, Establishing the Foundation for the Future Energy Industry

Gumi City Hall.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongguk Lee] RE100 (Renewable Energy 100%) is emerging as a hot topic.

Companies located in the Gumi industrial complex are also showing interest, and the LG BCM anode material factory to be built in the Gumi area plans to operate 100% of its total electricity from 2024 using renewable energy such as solar and wind power, replacing fossil fuels, through participation in the Green Premium system.

Amid high corporate interest, Gumi City (Mayor Jang Se-yong) has shown great interest in RE100 and has been making efforts to expand renewable energy.

To expand renewable energy infrastructure, renewable energy power generation projects have been actively promoted, operating power plants with a capacity of 163MW. This ranks sixth among the 22 cities and counties in Gyeongbuk Province, and is the highest capacity among cities and counties with national industrial complexes in Gyeongbuk, producing 221GWh of renewable energy annually and reducing 97,858 tons of CO2 greenhouse gases.

Following the 8th Basic Plan for Electricity Supply and Demand (December 29, 2017), which decided on the spread of distributed power sources and the closure of coal power plants, Gumi secured distributed power sources by attracting a combined natural gas power plant (500MW) and hydrogen fuel cells (100MW) promoted by Korea Western Power, laying the groundwork for energy transition and securing a foothold for gradual transition to renewable energy and the future energy industry.

Furthermore, through a business agreement with Korea Electric Power Technology and Kepco Solar to build Gumi City's RE100 infrastructure, a rooftop lease-type solar power generation project was planned to minimize the economic burden of factory owners (or building owners) for RE100 certification by leasing roofs to build solar power plants. This will accelerate support for RE100 certification of companies within the industrial complex.

The rooftop lease-type solar power plant is a project that leases the roofs of factory owners (or building owners) to build solar power plants and returns the proceeds from electricity sales as rent (or in-kind such as self-use power generation facilities).

Additionally, basic data such as the gas composition from the Gumi sewage treatment plant is being collected to build a biogas power plant that generates electricity using biogas produced from sewage, manure, and food waste treatment processes, with a business plan to be established after data collection.

Gumi City (Mayor Jang Se-yong) stated, “We will continue to build renewable energy infrastructure capable of fulfilling RE100,” and “We will establish a long-term plan to lay the foundation necessary for renewable energy usage certification so as not to be ashamed of the city’s reputation as a good place to do business.”

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