Full Effort in Establishing Pohang-Style Distributed Energy Strategy... Distributed Energy Activation Report Meeting Held

Strategy Establishment Service Report Meeting for Distributed Energy Activation Held

Special Act to be Enforced in June Next Year, Regional Energy System Construction Expected

Mayor Lee Gang-deok: "Establish Regional Energy Plan → Lead Activ

With the Special Act on the Activation of Distributed Energy set to be enforced in June next year, Pohang City held a service report meeting on the 13th to promote distributed energy and began establishing concrete strategies.

At the meeting attended by energy-related organizations, companies, and academic experts, the contents of the ongoing service project since August to establish a comprehensive plan for Pohang-type distributed energy activation were reviewed, and various opinions from experts were collected.

Through this service project, the city plans to establish specific implementation strategies by reviewing ▲ matters related to the designation of distributed energy specialized complexes ▲ the installation of distributed energy in Yeongilman 4 Industrial Complex and Blue Valley Industrial Complex △ support measures for RE100 and CF100 within industrial complexes ▲ the current status and prospects of the Special Act on Distributed Energy.

Distributed energy focuses on building a local energy system based on the principle of producing and consuming electricity within the same region (jisanjiso, 地産地消), and the government is actively promoting it as a key project to transition to a future-oriented power system.

The Special Act on the Activation of Distributed Energy includes provisions such as the power grid impact assessment system, distributed energy specialized areas, regional electricity tariff systems, and mandatory installation systems for distributed energy.

Once this law is enforced, it is expected to greatly aid in stabilizing local power grids by overcoming the limitations of the centralized power supply system, such as the enormous costs of constructing large-scale transmission lines and low public acceptance.

In particular, Pohang City is focusing all efforts on establishing a Pohang-type distributed energy model for the designation of distributed energy specialized areas, as the demand for power is rapidly increasing due to the attraction of companies such as secondary battery and data center businesses within industrial complexes, making the need for energy sources absolutely critical.

Mayor Lee Kang-deok stated, “We are carefully reviewing the application of distributed energy to solve the power shortage issues of companies scheduled to move into the industrial complexes,” adding, “We will devote ourselves to establishing a systematic comprehensive local energy plan to attract companies through the future designation of distributed energy specialized areas and differentiated regional electricity tariff support.”

If designated as a distributed energy specialized area, distributed energy operators will be able to directly trade electricity with users, which is expected to expand the attraction of new industry companies that consume large amounts of power.

Pohang City Hall.

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