Over 23,000 Residents Participate in Gyeonggi-do Public Land Solar Power Plant Project

Residents are signing up to participate in Gyeonggi Province's "Public Land Utilization Solar Power Plant Expansion Support Project" (Shared Land RE100 Project). Photo by Gyeonggi Provincial Government

Gyeonggi Province has surpassed 23,000 residents participating in the ‘Public Land Utilization Solar Power Plant Expansion Support Project’ (Shared Land RE100 Project), which builds renewable energy power plants such as solar power using public land and shares the profits with residents.

The Public Land Utilization Solar Power Plant Expansion Support Project leases idle public land to cooperatives involving residents, enabling them to directly become power producers and generate profits from solar power generation.

Residents can gain economic benefits through dividend income from investing in renewable energy generation while also participating in climate crisis response. Public institutions can install solar power facilities without additional budget input and earn rental income through idle public land.

Starting in February this year with the installation of a solar power plant on the rooftop of the northern government office building, Gyeonggi Province has completed solar power plants at a total of five locations including ▲Pocheon Sports Complex ▲Siheung Bangsan Bus Public Garage ▲Huwon Indoor Tennis Court ▲Naeson Sports Park. Additionally, power plants are planned to be completed this year at two more locations: Gyeonggi Gugak Center and Gyeonggi Construction Headquarters.

Along with this, Gyeonggi Province has discovered 30 new public land sites for the project this year, increasing the total project sites to 50.

The cooperative residents participating in this project number 23,000. Once all 50 projects are completed, a total of 13MW scale solar power plants will be secured. This is equivalent to installing solar power plants on the roofs of 4,350 houses.

To expand shared land solar power plants, Gyeonggi Province is proactively discovering candidate sites in addition to simply accepting applications from cities and counties.

Kim Yeon-ji, Director of the Energy Industry Division of Gyeonggi Province, stated, "Active support from Gyeonggi residents is very important to achieve the Gyeonggi RE100 goal of 30% renewable energy generation by 2030," adding, "We will strengthen the public role to enable more residents to participate and discover and spread win-win models centered on shared land."