Jeonnam Gwangju City supports implementation of Amkor's 'RE100' with 3 trillion won investment

Business agreement between the city, Rural Community Corporation, Amkor, and the Corporate Renewable Energy Foundation

(Jeonnam Gwangju = Yonhap News) Reporter Jang Deok-jong = Jeonnam Gwangju Unified Special City has begun supporting 'RE100' in line with Amkor Technology Korea's 3 trillion won investment plan.

The city, Korea Rural Community Corporation, Amkor Technology Korea, and the Corporate Renewable Energy Foundation signed a 'Business Agreement for Realization of Corporate RE100' at the Gwangju City Hall on the 27th.

The signing ceremony was attended by Unified Mayor Min Hyeong-bae, Korea Rural Community Corporation President Kim In-jung, Amkor Technology Korea CEO Lee Jin-an, and Jin Woo-sam, RE100 Chairman of the Corporate Renewable Energy Foundation.

RE100 refers to procuring 100% of the power used by a company from renewable energy, and the need for preemptive response is growing as the use of renewable energy has recently expanded across the semiconductor industry and demands for supply chain carbon reduction have strengthened.

The agreement is intended to establish a cooperative system that allows companies to stably procure renewable energy by utilizing the region's abundant renewable energy resources.

The Korea Rural Community Corporation is actively exploring renewable energy projects on sites that can be utilized, such as idle sites in rural areas that it manages and owns.

The Corporate Renewable Energy Foundation supports linkage and cooperation between power generation companies and RE100 demand companies, and Amkor presents demands and conditions for renewable energy procurement and cooperates in utilization.

The integrated city is responsible for discovering and promoting related projects and providing administrative and institutional support.

The city is concentrating its administrative power on realizing investment, including resolving the wastewater treatment problem caused by the expansion of the Amkor plant and supporting RE100.