Kim Dong-yeon: "Gyeonggi Province will forge a path no one has dared to challenge...and lead Korea's transformation"

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park No-hun] Gyeonggi Province Governor Kim Dong-yeon announced the vision of "Gyeonggi RE100."

Governor Kim announced the "Gyeonggi RE100" vision through SNS on the 24th. He said, "We held the proclamation ceremony at a small and medium-sized enterprise that installed commercial solar facilities on factory roofs," and explained that "for export companies, the transition to renewable energy is not a choice but a matter of survival as a new trade barrier."

He then criticized government policies and presented Gyeonggi Province's goals, saying, "We will establish a 'Carbon Neutrality and Green Growth Committee' and I will personally chair monthly meetings to concretize and implement the vision," and pledged, "Gyeonggi Province will forge a path that no one has dared to challenge. And ultimately, we will lead Korea's transformation."

The following is the full text of Governor Kim Dong-yeon's SNS post.

< As a Climate Governor, I will lead 'RE100' and transform Korea >

I have proclaimed the "Gyeonggi RE100" vision.

We held the proclamation ceremony at a small and medium-sized enterprise that installed commercial solar facilities on factory roofs.

"RE100" is a climate crisis response campaign to source 100% of power consumption from renewable energy by 2050. Global investors and participating companies require their partners to participate in the campaign, and in our country, major companies such as SK Hynix, Samsung Electronics, and LG Energy Solution have already joined.

If companies do not participate in RE100, there are projections that semiconductor exports could decline by up to 31% by 2040. For export companies, the transition to renewable energy is not a choice but a matter of survival as a new trade barrier.

However, the government has lowered the share of renewable energy generation from 30.2% to 21.6% and reduced industrial sector reduction targets from 14.5% to 11.4%. It has shifted 75% of greenhouse gas reduction targets to the next administration and future generations.

Gyeonggi Province will achieve: ①30% renewable energy share by 2030, ②renewable energy production and supply equivalent to 6 nuclear reactors, ③advancing energy policies that return residents' carbon-neutral practices, such as agrivoltaic solar, as opportunity income, and ④100% renewable energy use by public institutions.

We will establish a "Carbon Neutrality and Green Growth Committee" and I will personally chair monthly meetings to concretize and implement the vision. Former Justice Minister Kang Geum-shil will serve as a "Climate Ambassador" to support and sponsor Gyeonggi Province's vision.

Gyeonggi Province will forge a path that no one has dared to challenge. And ultimately, we will lead Korea's transformation.