Pohang City Leads Carbon Neutrality with Innovative Energy Efficiency Improvement Policy...

Agreement on 'Energy Efficiency Improvement' Signed Among City, KEPCO, Industrial Complex Corporation, and Pohang Steel Management Corporation

City Establishes Foundation for Factory Energy Efficiency Through ICT-Based 'Smart Energy Platform' Devel

Pohang City held a kickoff meeting for the project to establish the Basic Plan for Carbon Neutrality and Green Growth in response to the climate crisis.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongguk Lee] Pohang City is actively promoting energy efficiency improvement projects as the government's energy policy shifts from supply-centered to demand efficiency-centered.

On the 11th, at City Hall, Mayor Kang-deok Lee of Pohang, Muheung Park, Head of the Daegu Headquarters of Korea Electric Power Corporation, Changbae Yoon, Head of the Gyeongbuk Regional Headquarters of Korea Industrial Complex Corporation, and Ikhyun Jeon, Chairman of the Pohang Steel Industrial Complex Management Corporation, attended and signed a "Business Agreement for Energy Efficiency Improvement."

At this meeting, they agreed to mutually cooperate in jointly promoting energy efficiency improvement projects, the eco-friendly energy transition smart green industrial complex project, and discovering projects for sustainable regional development and carbon neutrality implementation.

As the international trend toward carbon neutrality continues and global supply chain instability intensifies due to the Russia-Ukraine situation, the role of energy policy in achieving energy security and carbon neutrality goals is more important than ever.

The city is promoting high-efficiency LED lighting free replacement, installation support for heat recovery ventilation systems, support for replacing energy consumption grade 1 heating and cooling devices, and high-efficiency equipment distribution projects to expand energy welfare support for vulnerable groups such as low-income households and social welfare facilities through energy efficiency improvement projects.

For companies located in industrial complexes, 7 billion KRW (5.6 billion KRW national funds, 1.4 billion KRW local funds) is being invested in the "Smart Energy Platform Construction Project" based on ICT such as cloud computing, and from next year until 2025, energy management systems including cloud-based factory energy efficiency infrastructure will be established to contribute to carbon neutrality implementation by reducing greenhouse gases and fine dust.

Korea Electric Power Daegu Headquarters will focus its capabilities to strengthen the global competitiveness of Pohang National Industrial Complex by providing consulting for companies to achieve RE100 using its experience and know-how in energy efficiency improvement and promoting reasonable energy consumption through the distribution of high-efficiency equipment.

Mayor Kang-deok Lee of Pohang said, "As climate change issues intensify, the necessity of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050 is increasing," and added, "We will expand investment in energy-saving facilities and support projects for high-efficiency equipment through cooperation with related organizations."

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