Suwon Special-Status City Launches 'Apartment RE100 Rooftop Solar Power Pilot Project'

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jung Jun-sung] Suwon Special-Status City announced on the 12th that it will formally launch the 'Apartment RE100 Rooftop Solar Power Pilot Project.'

The Apartment RE100 Rooftop Solar Power Pilot Project aims to supply renewable energy by utilizing unused rooftop spaces in multi-family residential buildings. It is a tailored policy designed to ease citizens' burden of rising energy costs due to increased electricity rates and to address the challenges of cities with high building density that face limited conditions for renewable energy distribution.

RE100 is an abbreviation for 'Renewable Electricity 100%,' a global campaign pledging to use 100% of required electricity from renewable energy sources.

Y-City Apartment (Geumgok-dong, Gwonseon-gu), selected as the first pilot site, was selected for a Gyeonggi Province public recruitment project in June last year and installed solar power generation equipment with a total capacity of 120kW (30kW per building) on the rooftops of four buildings. It is Suwon's first case of an apartment rooftop solar power subsidy project.

To share the project's effects with residents, the city installed a media board within the complex on the 5th. By providing monthly power generation data and reduced electricity bills in visual format, residents can check the renewable energy transition effects in real time.

A city official stated, "We will analyze the results of the pilot project and continue to expand rooftop solar power distribution in multi-family residential buildings," adding "We will continue to promote renewable energy policies that resonate with citizens by utilizing the findings in developing a future RE100 realization roadmap."