The future of Jeonbuk revealed by Saemangeum – Jeonbuk Daily

Every 12 years, when I was looking in my hometown, Sunsan, following the dike of Saemangeum, I still regretted this deserted land. It was planned to build an airport and create a tourist destination, but this is due to the low attractiveness of society. When businesses enter, people and money are attracted and the local economy is activated. It has been 27 years since Saemangeum became a renewable energy source. Why is it a core business that opens the future of Jeonbuk?

The German port city of Bremerhaven was the first shipbuilding city in Europe. While Germany was investing heavily in offshore wind, companies built wind turbines and offshore structures instead of ships. 3,000 new jobs were created. Jobs have also been created in the port complex, which is essential for the construction and operation of offshore wind farms. In Newcastle, UK, more than 6,000 jobs have been created by the offshore North Sea wind farm.

The Saemangeum Renewable Energy Vision Announcement, which was held last week, promises a bigger change than this one. The company plans to build the world's largest 4 gigawatt (GW) photovoltaic and wind farm.

The green electricity of Saemangeum's renewable energy complex offers residents and tenants a different opportunity than other regions. Let's look at each one.

Germany has managed to convert up to 36% of its energy into renewable energy and Denmark to 42%, thanks to revenue sharing and local investment with local residents.

In Denmark, for example, an electricity company offers a 20% or more stake to residents within 4.5 km of a wind farm. The Tamra offshore wind farm in Jeju Island is expected to invest part of its development revenues in the region, reaching 10 billion euros over 20 years.

The benefits of the Saemangeum area may be greater.

The environmental pollution caused by cadmium and lead in photovoltaic panels generated by some media and residents is false information. Cadmium is not used at all in silicon solar cells. No trace of lead in heavy metals in all household appliances.

Large renewable energy plants are attracting global conglomerates. There is a system called "Initiative RE100". It is a convention that companies use only 100% renewable energy to manufacture their products. 154 companies, including Apple, Google and GM, have joined the company and demanded these standards from suppliers. LG Chem asked BWU to comply with these standards to provide electric vehicle batteries, which eventually broke the market. Samsung SDI solves the problem by using renewable energy in factories abroad. In the future, large companies will have to build in places where renewable energy exists. The renewable energy city Saemangeum is a good candidate.

In addition, the ecological industrial park based on electric power, based on renewable energy, and electric traffic industry are also promising for Saemangeum. For example, it will install a DC power grid (MVDC) using renewable energy in Saemangeum and develop new industries such as battery electric boats, solar electric boats and electric cars. Now I would like to see more tourists from here and elsewhere who want to experience the future environmentally friendly electric city instead of land and sand .

We support R & D to develop environmentally friendly marine energy parks on the west and south coasts, starting with Saemangeum. By 2050, Germany would be 100% renewable in renewable energy. We should aim for an independent country of energy, with solar, wind and tidal power. The magnificent and long journey began at Saemangeum. I hope Jeonbuk will host the new electricity in the local history of 2000 years.