‘Daegu-Gyeongsangbukdo Solar Cell RIC’, President of KEMCO, Tae-yong Lee, Speaks at special seminal
Meeting with congressman Won Hee-ryong this month
[February 3, 2009]
Since the government announced the '5+2 Metropolitan Economic Area' development plans, Daegu and Gyeongsangbukdo quickly designated the green energy industry and the IT fusion and integration industry as the main development industries. Recently, the government announced the 'Green New Deal Policy' and there has been an increased amount of interest in the area for new renewable energy.
Thus, Yeungnam University (president Hyo-soo Lee) invited Lee Tae-yong (54), president of Korea Energy Management Corporation, to discuss new driving forces for the local economy through 'Green Energy Industries'.
At 10:30am on the 4th, Yeungnam University hosted a special seminar for the Daegu-Gyeongsangbukdo Solar Cell/Module Process Regional Innovation Center (director Jae-hak Jung, hereinafter 'Daegu-Gyeongsangbukdo Solar Cell RIC').
In this special seminar for New & Renewable Energy industries in Daegu and Gyeongsangbukdo, Lee Tae-yong announced the 'New & Renewable Energy policy and industrialization strategy'. In addition, there are plans to make time for discussing the current issues and demands of the region through debates with companies, professors, experts and graduate school students. In this special seminar, Jeon Chan-wook RIC center vice director is expected to speak on 'the Corporate support for Daegu-Gyeongsangbukdo Solar Cell RIC'.
Professor Jae-hak Jung (47, School of Display and Chemical Engineering) stated, "I hope that this special seminar will be an opportunity to foster the local industry related to New & Renewable Energy such as the solar energy industry and to create jobs in the future."
The 'Daegu-Gyeongsangbukdo Solar Cell RIC' was opened last year in July with the designation of MEST for RIC and for 10 years until 2018, 16.6 billion won, including 7 billion won from national funding, will be invested in solar energy research and industry support. In addition, it is acting as a strategic base for fostering the local New & Renewable energy industry by holding meetings with assemblyman Hee-ryong Won (Grand National Party, Yancheon Seoul) who is the representative of the Climate Change and New & Renewable Energy Research Association.
