Overview

With the depletion of fossil fuels including oil in sight, the world´s attention is focused on environmentally-friendly new energy industries such as hydrogen fuel cells, solar cells, and wind power.
Gwangju has the best natural surroundings where the amount of solar radiation that determines the efficiency of solar power is the greatest in the whole nation. Based on this, Gwangju has nurtured the solar power industry as a future industry by building plentiful infrastructure including a new energy industrial promotion center and solar power facilities.

Investment Environment and Measure to Support

• Enacting a provincial ordinance on solar energy for the first time in Korea (June, 2004)
• Applying for the brand "Solar City Gwangju"
  • - Enhancing the image of a solar energy city and securing competitiveness (taking advantage as tourism resources)
• Fostering the industry with the cooperation of the Korea Electric Power Corporation and central government
  • - Dominating the new energy industry such as solar power, hydrogen and fuel cells

Infrastructure

• Solar City Center : Korea Institute of Industrial Technology in Gwangju Science-based Industrial Park
• Field Demonstration Complex for Solar Energy : 5 thousand pyeong in Chosun University
  • - Building Green Village 111 households, promotion center for new and renewable energy
• Expanding and building a facility for solar power
  • - 1200kw of solar photovoltaic power, 89, 2,868 ㎡ of solar thermal 54, solar photonics house 72

Project in Progress

• Building a solar energy city to establish a low energy consumption system: from 2002 to 2011 (193.9 billion won)
  • - Utilizing a clean environment and the best-suited natural resources including the most solar radiation nationwide

• Plans to nurture new energy industries: from 2007 to 2011 (202.2 billion won)
  • - Experts from regional industry, academia, research and the government

• Division : Science & Industry Division of the Economy & Industry Bureau
• Contact : +82-62-613-3891