- 도, My7Research service for establishing secondary local energy plan 1First interim report held -
South Chungcheong Province, which is leading the national carbon neutral policy, is accelerating the ‘transition from coal to eco-friendly energy’.
On the 29th, the province held the '7th Regional Energy Plan Establishment Research Service 1st Interim Report' presided over by Deputy Governor for Political Affairs Jeon Hyeong-sik (Chairman of the South Chungcheong Provincial Energy Committee) at the Provincial Office's conference room.
The local energy plan is a statutory plan under the Energy Act and must establish local energy supply and demand forecasts and eco-friendly energy supply plans for at least five years every five years.
As this 7th plan is the first mid- to long-term energy comprehensive plan established in the 8th popular election, the province plans to establish it in line with Governor Kim Tae-heum's provincial administration policy.
Governor Kim's energy philosophy is to further advance promising industries such as artificial intelligence (AI) and semiconductors as they consume high power, and to achieve carbon neutrality where everything relies on electricity, more power production is needed. It is said that it is.
Accordingly, even though the province is a region with a power independence rate of over 220%, it will not stop at phasing out coal, but will also pursue a just transition by attracting alternative power plants centered on hydrogen energy, expanding the amount of electricity compared to the current level and minimizing the impact on the local economy due to the abolition of coal-fired power plants. It's a strategy.
At the briefing session on this day, a plan was announced to respond to the future increase in electricity demand by attracting and constructing eco-friendly power plants such as 2045GW of hydrogen power plants, 14GW of solar power, and 12GW of offshore wind power by 3 to produce about 40% more electricity than the current amount. done.
Jeon Hyeong-sik, Deputy Governor for Political Affairs, said, “We will establish a regional energy plan that includes not only the conversion to eco-friendly power plants centered on hydrogen energy, but also the creation of a Renewable Energy 100 (RE100) industrial complex that is consistent with the government plan,” adding, “We will respond to the abolition of coal-fired power plants in the long term.” “We will do our best to ensure that a viable plan is established,” he said.