Pocheon City Signs MOU for Fuel Cell Power Generation Project to Expand City Gas Supply

On September 10, Pocheon City in Gyeonggi Province (Mayor Baek Younghyun) announced plans to launch a fuel cell power generation project in Idonggyo-ri, Soheul-eup, and the Yangmun General Industrial Complex in Yangjung-myeon. The project aims to expand energy welfare in areas that have not yet received city gas supply.

Baek Younghyun, Mayor of Pocheon, Kim Hyungil, Head of Energy Mix Business Division at Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power, and Jeon Dongsu, CEO of Daeryun ENS, signed the "Pocheon City (Soheul·Yangmun) Fuel Cell Power Generation Project Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)" on the 10th at the city hall policy meeting room. Provided by Pocheon City

At the signing ceremony held in the city hall policy meeting room on the same day, Baek Younghyun, Mayor of Pocheon, Kim Hyungil, Head of the Energy Mix Business Division at Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power, and Jeon Dongsu, CEO of Daeryun ENS, signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the 'Pocheon City (Soheul·Yangmun) Fuel Cell Power Generation Project.'

Under this agreement, Pocheon City will provide administrative support for the project. Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power will construct a 9.9MW fuel cell power plant in Idonggyo-ri, Soheul-eup, and a 4.95MW plant in the Yangmun General Industrial Complex, Yangjung-myeon. Daeryun ENS will be responsible for fuel supply and plans to expand city gas supply to areas near the power plants that currently do not have access to city gas.

Pocheon City expects that, through this fuel cell power generation project, approximately 100 households in Idonggyo 1 and 2-ri and Chogapal 1-ri in Soheul-eup, as well as about 600 households in Yangmun-ri, Yangjung-myeon, will benefit from city gas supply.

Mayor Baek Younghyun stated, "Signing this Memorandum of Understanding is an important first step toward realizing energy welfare for citizens through the transition to eco-friendly energy and the expansion of city gas supply in areas that have not yet been served. In particular, the supply of city gas to the Yangjung-myeon area will be of great help to residents who have suffered due to the presence of the U.S. Army Yeongpyeong firing range."

He added, "I would also like to express my gratitude to the Yangmun Fashion Color Business Cooperative (Chairman Lee Hyangrae) for donating the site for the Yangmun Industrial Complex fuel cell power generation project."

Meanwhile, with the signing of this MOU, the fuel cell power generation project is set to move forward in earnest. The Soheul-eup fuel cell power generation project is scheduled to begin construction in November 2025 and be completed by December 2026, while the Yangmun Industrial Complex project will break ground in June 2026 and be completed by June 2027. Accordingly, city gas supply is expected to begin in Idonggyo-ri, Soheul-eup from December 2026 and in Yangmun-ri, Yangjung-myeon from June 2027.

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