Shinan-gun Map, Second 'Sunlight Pension' Payment

Production of Sunlight and Wind Pension White Paper and Energy Pension Map

[Sinan = Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Jae-kyung] The second 'Sunlight Pension' was paid in Jido-eup, Sinan-gun, Jeollanam-do.

The Jido-eup Renewable Energy Residents and County Cooperative paid the first dividend on November 29 last year, and on the 26th, paid up to 260,000 won per person to all residents of Jido-eup (3,596 people).

This dividend is the profit from resident participation in the Sinan Solar Power Plant, the largest in the nation with a capacity of 150MW, which recently held its completion ceremony.

The county is producing a 2,600-page white paper on the renewable energy development profit-sharing system, the first policy in the nation to share profits from renewable energy development. It also plans to create a solar energy pension map so that young people can easily identify villages where dividends are paid.

Ki-hyeok, head of the Renewable Energy Division, said, “Sinan-gun is proactively participating in the national 2050 carbon neutrality policy,” and emphasized, “Through the profit-sharing system, we will create a foundation for welfare without tax increases, ensuring a minimum standard of living and a humane life, and strive to make the 1004 Islands a place where people return.”

Meanwhile, the population of Jido-eup decreased by 39 in 2020, with 481 moving in and 457 moving out. However, in 2021, when solar power profit dividends began to be paid, the population increased by 65, with 429 moving in and 364 moving out. It is interpreted that the payment of dividends through the renewable energy profit-sharing system influenced the miraculous population increase in Sinan-gun, which was included in the high-risk group for local extinction.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.