"Seeking to Activate Distributed Energy"... Government to Announce 'Energy Storage Industry Development Strategy' in October

The government has prepared an 'Energy Storage Industry Development Strategy' and plans to announce it in October.

On the 17th, Lee Ho-hyun, Director of Electricity Policy at the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, attended the Ulsan City Distributed Energy Promotion Strategy Presentation and stated, "We plan to announce the Energy Storage Industry Development Strategy in October to ensure that the Energy Storage System (ESS) model established in Ulsan can be expanded to other regions."

On the same day, Director Lee visited the ESS site installed at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) and operated by the energy solution company Gridwiz, and held a meeting with local energy companies. The ESS facility was established in 2020 through the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy's 'Regional Energy New Industry Activation Support Project.' It has contributed to stable power supply by reducing power peaks at UNIST.

Following the meeting, Director Lee attended the Ulsan City Distributed Energy Promotion Strategy Presentation held at the Ulsan Lotte Hotel. The promotion strategy for activating distributed energy in Ulsan includes four key tasks: ▲establishing a roadmap for distributed energy activation ▲designating specialized distributed energy zones to foster new power industries ▲building a distributed energy support system ▲promoting the attraction of data center companies.

Director Lee said, "An ESS that stores and supplies energy is essential to stably utilize energy produced near demand sites," and added, "I hope that Ulsan City's distributed energy promotion strategy will serve as a catalyst to further activate region-led energy system construction in other local governments."

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