Ulsan City: “Ulsan, the energy capital, is the best location for the integrated headquarters of power generation companies”

Regarding the government's push to integrate five public power generation companies, Ulsan City said, "The headquarters of the integrated corporation will be the national power industry control tower, and the energy industry capital of Ulsan is where that purpose and strategy can best be realized."

Ulsan City Deputy Mayor for Economic Affairs Shin Min-sik held a press conference at the Ulsan City Hall Press Center on the 14th and emphasized the necessity of hosting the integrated headquarters of a public power generation company in Ulsan.

Deputy Mayor Shin said, "The launch of the integrated corporation will be an important opportunity to reorganize the national power industry operating system," and added, "The location of the headquarters is important in that it can comprehensively link not only power generation functions, but also power demand management at industrial sites, energy efficiency, and transition to the future energy industry."

As grounds for insisting on hosting Ulsan, he presented ▲ 'energy conversion and integration of research and development clusters', including the creation of a floating offshore wind farm and establishment of a hydrogen economy ecosystem, ▲ 'advanced industrial supply chain and power stability' due to concentration of large-scale power consumption infrastructure such as national basic industries and artificial intelligence (AI) data centers, and ▲ 'possibility of growth and leap forward for global power generation companies' based on next-generation energy infrastructure and the global business environment.

Deputy Mayor Shin added, "Ulsan is the optimal location as a national option to strengthen national energy security and increase industrial energy efficiency and global energy competitiveness," and added, "We will actively recommend the legitimacy of hosting to the government and National Assembly until the government announces the location of the headquarters to bring about practical results."