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Ministry of Environment Announces Carbon Neutral Implementation Plan … Establishment of Strategies for Each Sector
Expansion of floating solar power and offshore wind power and construction of electric vehicle charging infrastructure
According to the announcement by the Ministry of the Environment, a sophisticated greenhouse gas reduction scenario will be set in June in order to suggest the direction of carbon neutrality in 2050.
For this, a technical working group is formed focused on the national research institutes in charge of the Comprehensive Information Center for Greenhouse Gases and a series of scenarios for carbon neutrality 2050 are elaborated by analyzing the potential reduction. In addition, a permanent communication window will be established with industry, civil society and local governments, opinions will be collected and the scenario will be confirmed through a national debate.
Based on the carbon neutral scenario, a ‘core policy advocacy strategy’ is also established for each sector of the 2050 carbon neutral advocacy strategy with the relevant ministries. The Ministry of the Environment plans to establish strategies with the relevant ministries for 11 of the 31 implementation tasks.
Representatively, the ‘transport strategy for vehicles of the future’ presents a vision for the conversion of 100% pollution-free vehicles by 2050 through the supply and innovation of pollution-free vehicles, replacement of internal combustion locomotives with vehicles free from contamination and significant expansion. of the recharging infrastructure for non-polluting vehicles. The final strategy will be prepared in the second half of the year through research services and the formation of an expert forum.
In addition, the ‘Roadmap for innovation in the circular economy’ is a step-by-step implementation plan in the medium and long term that includes the management of the entire process of circulation of resources, the induction of the ecology of companies to disseminate the implementation of the circular economy, and the achievement of a circular economy by sectors such as water and energy.
The core policy implementation strategy is a long-term strategy targeting 2050, predicting the future and setting directions. To this end, the Ministry of Environment organizes and operates the ‘Carbon Neutral Research Forum (tentative name)’ with specialized organizations such as the Korea Environmental Policy and Assessment Institute (KEI).
In addition, the ‘National Objective for the Reduction of Greenhouse Gases (NDC) 2030’ will be raised. Based on the carbon neutral 2050 scenario, the level was determined through consultations and social discussions with the relevant ministries, and was intended to present it to the UN within the mandate of this government.
▶ Keywords for carbon neutrality, ‘energy conversion’ and ‘pollution-free car expansion’
The Ministry of the Environment promotes sectoral tasks such as energy conversion, the expansion of pollution-free vehicles and the construction of infrastructure based on a robust implementation system as key implementation scenarios and strategies.
First, to achieve carbon neutrality, we will expand the supply of renewable energy using environmental resources such as floating solar power, hydrothermal power, and offshore wind power. A 147.4MW floating photovoltaic development project will be developed for 8 projects on 5 dams, including the Hapcheon Dam, and pilot hydrothermal energy development projects (8 locations) will be promoted for each type of water source. The five dams (Hapcheon, Gunwi, Chungju, Soyang River, Imha) aim to supply 2.1 GW of floating solar energy by 2030 and 1 GW of hydrothermal energy by 2040.
In addition, to revitalize offshore wind energy, the system will be improved for the entire environmental impact assessment process, from location discovery → assessment inquiry → follow-up management. To this end, the Ministry of the Environment, which formed the “Wind Energy Environment Assessment Team” last month, plans to provide consulting services for the entire wind energy development process.
In addition, it will support the installation of renewable energy facilities in basic environmental facilities such as water purification plants (68 units, KRW 14.2 billion), expand biogas production using organic waste resources such as food and livestock manure, and will promote hydrogen supply by using them. .
By 2024, 13 digestion tanks will be upgraded for the use of sewage waste and bioenergy facilities will be installed in more than 20 of the 29 livestock manure treatment facilities being installed. Food biogasification treatment, which is 13% as of 2019, will be expanded to 30% by 2025.
He also set out a long-term strategy for carbon neutrality in the transportation sector in 2050, such as achieving the 300,000 pollution-free vehicle era and building a convenient pollution-free vehicle charging infrastructure.
This year the goal of supplying low-emission vehicles is raised to 18%, and it is expected to reach the era of 300,000 accumulated vehicles this year through the compulsory purchase of zero-emission vehicles (80%) in the public sector.
With the goal of establishing a pollution-free and convenient vehicle charging infrastructure, we will build more than 180 hydrogen charging stations during this year through special cases to discover and license new sites for hydrogen charging stations, and build electric vehicle fast chargers at mobile stations such as rest areas and service stations to eliminate charging blind spots. In particular, a “transport strategy for vehicles of the future” will be prepared in the second half of this year, to be confirmed through discussions between the relevant ministries.
Next, we will promote the preventive realization of carbon neutrality for public institutions (public buildings). The plan is to allow public institutions to proactively advertise their carbon neutral initiatives.
To implement the carbon neutrality declaration, we establish a carbon neutral model appropriate to the characteristics of institutions such as public buildings, public facilities and public vehicles, and we support their design and installation. In addition, it plans to preemptively apply green technologies such as Building Integrated Solar Power (BIPV) to public buildings and induce them to spread to private facilities.
Finally, we will strengthen the management of the entire waste process, leading to the reduction of production and consumption → expansion of recycling → ban on direct dumping, and we will prepare a step-by-step implementation plan (roadmap) for the transition to a circular. economy society in 2050.
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