에너지공단, 햇빛소득마을 등록기업 과거 업계약서 이력 확인…업계는 사후 제재로 마을 사업 흔들릴까 반발
언론 취재로는 등록 243곳 중 60여 곳이 대상…공단은 대상 수·발표 시점 안 밝혀, 문제 기업 생기면 다른 등록기업이 마을 사업 이어받도록 지침에 정해
인천연구원, 시민 에너지전환 참여 넓히려면 실천보상·생활권 공동실천·시민소유 확대해야
2026년 기획연구 '인천 탄소중립 선도도시 에너지 분야 시민참여 방안' 결과…국내외 사례 4개 유형 분석, 시민인식 조사서 경제적 인센티브·참여 편의성·정보 접근성이 과제로
그리스, '에너지 공유 권리' 담은 전력시장 법안 의회 제출…다른 건물에서 만든 태양광 전기도 가정·중소기업·지자체가 나눠 쓴다
법안 12조로 전력법에 137Γ조 신설…6MW 이하 설비는 제3자가 운영 대행, 공공 소유 설비는 공유 전기의 평균 10% 이상을 취약가구에 돌리도록 노력해야
- 호주 내러브라이 군의회, 광산회사 화이트헤이븐 태양광에 '규정상 1% 약 56만6,000달러인데 5만 달러'…만장일치로 주 장관에 해명 요구
- 스페인 에너지공동체 837곳 중 가동 27%…정부, 11월 29일 선거 전 '에너지공동체 왕령' 긴급 처리 추진
- 제주 재생에너지 이익, '직접 배당'과 '공공기여' 나눠 제도로…지역 기획, 상설 협의체·정보 공개·성과 지표 담은 실행 로드맵 주문
- 풍력 멈춘 가파도, 공공기관 주도 'RE100 마을'로 재도전…풍력 600kW·태양광 990kW·ESS 7MWh
- 서천군의회, 농어촌 기본소득 지원·기금 조례 의결…기금 쓰임새에 '주민 수익형 재생에너지 사업' 넣어
- 이탈리아 몬셀리체시, 재생에너지공동체에 '생산자 조합원'으로 가입…공공건물 지붕 태양광 이익을 에너지빈곤 가구 요금 지원에
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창원시의원, 5분 발언서 창원형 영농·농촌 태양광 제안…기본계획·실증 시범사업과 농민·마을 수익 참여 구조 요구
전홍표 의원 제156회 임시회 본회의서 농지 지키며 농가 새 소득 만들자…작물별 생산량·발전량·농가소득 검증 시범사업 촉구, 제도 시행 맞춰 시가 먼저 준비하라 당부
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영농형 태양광법 12월 17일 시행 앞두고 "농협에도 참여 길 열어야"…발전사업자 자격·종합지원센터 지정 제정안 모두 빠져
허가 기간 최대 8년에서 23년으로 늘지만 사업자는 농민·주민 10명 이상 협동조합 등으로 한정…충북 오창 현장 "고령 농가 혼자 실경작률 80%·차광률 30% 기준 지키기 어렵다"
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1990년 조성 부산 신평장림산단에 태양광 12.253MW·ESS 5MWh…남부발전 컨소시엄, 2029년까지 320억 원 투입 협약
입주기업 지붕·공공 유휴부지 활용, 정부출연금 200억·지방비 30억·컨소시엄 90억 원…운영 수익은 재투자하고 부산시와 만든 '햇빛소득' 모델 적용 방침, 지역 몫은 아직 안 나와
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이격거리 규제 풀린 서부경남 태양광 허가 급증…진주 70건 수준에서 올해 약 200건, 임차농·주민 갈등에 지자체 고민
사천 신규 허가 신청도 2년 전 147건에서 지난해 170건, 올해 이미 지난해 수준 육박…도로 이격거리 폐지·호남 계통 포화로 사업자 몰려, 주민 반대에도 법령상 허가 나야 하는 경우 있어
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제주 재생에너지 이익, '직접 배당'과 '공공기여' 나눠 제도로…지역 기획, 상설 협의체·정보 공개·성과 지표 담은 실행 로드맵 주문
기존 풍력단지 실태 조사→시범사업→평가·보완→확대 단계 제시, 전기요금 절감액·주민 배당액·환원액·참여율로 성과 따져야…민간사업자 부담은 법적 근거부터
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김승남 광주도시공사 사장, 영농형 태양광 이익 공유 이끌 독립 에너지공사 설립 촉구…전남개발공사 안 재생에너지 수익 비중 1.2% 들어
기고에서 '전남광주에너지공사' 조속 출범 주장…발전지구 기획·글로벌 기업 직접 전력구매계약 맡을 공공 사령탑 필요, 초기 재정자립도로만 판단 말아야
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인천연구원, 시민 에너지전환 참여 넓히려면 실천보상·생활권 공동실천·시민소유 확대해야
2026년 기획연구 '인천 탄소중립 선도도시 에너지 분야 시민참여 방안' 결과…국내외 사례 4개 유형 분석, 시민인식 조사서 경제적 인센티브·참여 편의성·정보 접근성이 과제로
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에너지공단, 햇빛소득마을 등록기업 과거 업계약서 이력 확인…업계는 사후 제재로 마을 사업 흔들릴까 반발
언론 취재로는 등록 243곳 중 60여 곳이 대상…공단은 대상 수·발표 시점 안 밝혀, 문제 기업 생기면 다른 등록기업이 마을 사업 이어받도록 지침에 정해
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그리스, '에너지 공유 권리' 담은 전력시장 법안 의회 제출…다른 건물에서 만든 태양광 전기도 가정·중소기업·지자체가 나눠 쓴다
법안 12조로 전력법에 137Γ조 신설…6MW 이하 설비는 제3자가 운영 대행, 공공 소유 설비는 공유 전기의 평균 10% 이상을 취약가구에 돌리도록 노력해야
エネルギー公団、太陽光所得村の登録企業の過去の水増し契約書履歴を確認…業界は事後制裁で村の事業が揺らぐと反発
報道各社の取材では登録243社のうち60社余りが対象…公団は対象数・公表時期を明かさず、問題企業が出れば別の登録企業が村の事業を引き継ぐよう指針に規定
仁川研究院、市民のエネルギー転換参加を広げるには実践への報酬・生活圏での共同実践・市民所有の拡大を
2026年企画研究「仁川カーボンニュートラル先導都市 エネルギー分野の市民参加方策」の結果…国内外の事例を4類型で分析、市民意識調査では経済的インセンティブ・参加のしやすさ・情報アクセスが課題に
ギリシャ、「エネルギー共有の権利」を盛り込んだ電力市場法案を議会に提出…別の建物でつくった太陽光の電気も家庭・中小企業・自治体が分け合う
法案第12条で電力法に第137Γ条を新設…6MW以下の設備は第三者が運営を代行、公共所有の設備は共有電力の平均10%以上を脆弱世帯に回すよう努める
- 豪ナラブライ郡議会、鉱山会社ホワイトヘブンの太陽光に「規定の1%なら約56万6,000ドルなのに5万ドル」…全会一致で州大臣に説明要求
- スペインのエネルギー共同体837カ所のうち稼働は27%…政府、11月29日の選挙前に「エネルギー共同体王令」の緊急処理を推進
- 済州の再生可能エネルギー利益、「直接配当」と「公共寄与」を分けて制度に…地元企画、常設協議体・情報公開・成果指標を盛り込んだ実行ロードマップ求める
- 風力が止まった加波島、公的機関主導の「RE100村」で再挑戦…風力600kW・太陽光990kW・ESS 7MWh
- 舒川郡議会、農漁村基本所得の支援・基金条例を議決…基金の使途に「住民収益型再生可能エネルギー事業」を盛り込む
- イタリア・モンセリチェ市、再生可能エネルギー共同体に「生産者組合員」として加入…公共建物の屋根の太陽光の利益をエネルギー貧困世帯の料金支援に
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昌原市議、5分間発言で昌原型営農・農村太陽光を提案…基本計画・実証モデル事業と農家・集落の収益参加の仕組みを要求
チョン・ホンピョ議員が第156回臨時会本会議で農地を守りつつ農家の新たな所得をと訴え…作物別の収量・発電量・農家所得を検証するモデル事業を促し、制度施行に合わせ市が先手を打つよう求める
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韓国の営農型太陽光法、12月17日施行を前に「農協にも参加の道を」…発電事業者資格・総合支援センター指定の施行令案いずれにも入らず
許可期間は最長8年から23年に延びるが、事業者は農民・住民10人以上の協同組合などに限定…忠清北道梧倉の現場「高齢農家だけで実耕作率80%・遮光率30%の基準を守るのは難しい」
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1990年造成の釜山・新平長林産業団地に太陽光12.253MW・ESS 5MWh…南部発電コンソーシアム、2029年までに320億ウォン投入で協約
入居企業の屋根と公共の遊休地を活用、政府出捐金200億・地方費30億・コンソーシアム90億ウォン…運営収益は再投資し、釜山市と作った「ヘッビッ所得」モデルを適用する方針、地域の取り分はまだ示されず
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離隔距離規制が緩和された慶尚南道西部で太陽光の許可が急増…晋州は70件程度から今年約200件、小作農・住民との対立に自治体が苦慮
泗川の新規許可申請も2年前の147件から昨年170件、今年すでに昨年並みに迫る…道路の離隔距離廃止と湖南の系統飽和で事業者が殺到、住民が反対しても法令上許可せざるを得ない場合も
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済州の再生可能エネルギー利益、「直接配当」と「公共寄与」を分けて制度に…地元企画、常設協議体・情報公開・成果指標を盛り込んだ実行ロードマップ求める
既存風力団地の実態調査→モデル事業→評価・補完→拡大の段階を提示、電気料金削減額・住民配当額・還元額・参加率で成果を検証すべき…民間事業者への負担はまず法的根拠から
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光州都市公社のキム・スンナム社長、営農型太陽光の利益共有を担う独立エネルギー公社の設立を訴え…全南開発公社内の再エネ収益比率は1.2%と指摘
寄稿で「全南光州エネルギー公社」の早期発足を主張…発電地区の企画やグローバル企業との直接電力購入契約を担う公的司令塔が必要、初期の財政自立度だけで判断すべきでないと
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仁川研究院、市民のエネルギー転換参加を広げるには実践への報酬・生活圏での共同実践・市民所有の拡大を
2026年企画研究「仁川カーボンニュートラル先導都市 エネルギー分野の市民参加方策」の結果…国内外の事例を4類型で分析、市民意識調査では経済的インセンティブ・参加のしやすさ・情報アクセスが課題に
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エネルギー公団、太陽光所得村の登録企業の過去の水増し契約書履歴を確認…業界は事後制裁で村の事業が揺らぐと反発
報道各社の取材では登録243社のうち60社余りが対象…公団は対象数・公表時期を明かさず、問題企業が出れば別の登録企業が村の事業を引き継ぐよう指針に規定
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ギリシャ、「エネルギー共有の権利」を盛り込んだ電力市場法案を議会に提出…別の建物でつくった太陽光の電気も家庭・中小企業・自治体が分け合う
法案第12条で電力法に第137Γ条を新設…6MW以下の設備は第三者が運営を代行、公共所有の設備は共有電力の平均10%以上を脆弱世帯に回すよう努める
能源公团核查阳光收入村登记企业过去的虚高合同记录…业界担忧事后制裁动摇村庄项目
据媒体采访，243家登记企业中约60家被列为对象…公团未公布对象数量和公布时间，指南规定问题企业出现时由其他登记企业接手村庄项目
仁川研究院：扩大市民参与能源转型，需增加实践奖励、生活圈共同实践和市民所有
2026年策划研究《仁川碳中和先导城市能源领域市民参与方案》结果…将国内外案例分为4类，市民认知调查显示经济激励、参与便利性和信息获取为主要课题
希腊向议会提交含“能源共享权”的电力市场法案…其他建筑产生的光伏电力也可由家庭、中小企业和地方政府分享
法案第12条在电力法中新增第137Γ条…6MW以下设施可由第三方代为运营，公共所有设施应尽力把平均10%以上的共享电力分给弱势家庭
- 澳大利亚纳拉布赖郡议会：矿企怀特黑文光伏项目按规定应缴1%约56万6,000澳元却只给5万…一致要求州部长作出解释
- 西班牙837个能源共同体中仅27%投入运行…政府力争在11月29日大选前紧急处理“能源共同体王令”
- 济州可再生能源收益应把"直接分红"与"公共贡献"分开纳入制度…当地策划报道呼吁制定包含常设协商机构、信息公开和绩效指标的实施路线图
- 风电停摆的加波岛以公共机构主导的"RE100村"再度挑战…风电600kW、光伏990kW、储能7MWh
- 舒川郡议会通过农渔村基本收入支援与基金条例…基金用途纳入居民收益型可再生能源项目
- 意大利蒙塞利切市以生产者成员身份加入可再生能源社区…公共建筑屋顶光伏收益用于补贴能源贫困家庭电费
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昌原市议员在5分钟发言中提议昌原型农光互补与农村光伏…要求制定基本规划、开展实证试点并建立农民和村庄分享收益的结构
议员Jeon Hong-pyo在第156次临时会全体会议上呼吁守住农地、为农户创造新收入…敦促开展检验各作物产量、发电量和农户收入的试点项目，要求市政府配合制度实施提前准备
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韩国农光互补法12月17日施行在即，"也应给农协参与机会"…发电业者资格和综合支援中心指定草案均未纳入
许可期限由最长8年延至23年，但业者限于农民、10名以上居民组成的合作社等…忠清北道梧仓现场："高龄农户单靠自己难以守住实际耕作率80%、遮光率30%的标准"
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1990年建成的釜山新平长林产业园区将建12.253MW太阳能和5MWh储能…南部发电联合体签约，至2029年投入320亿韩元
利用入驻企业屋顶和公共闲置用地，政府出资200亿、地方财政30亿、联合体90亿韩元…运营收益将再投资，并适用与釜山市共同制定的"阳光收入"模式，地方所得份额尚未公布
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间距限制放宽后庆尚南道西部太阳能许可激增…晋州从约70件增至今年约200件，佃农与居民矛盾令地方政府为难
泗川新增许可申请也从两年前的147件增至去年的170件，今年已接近去年水平…道路间距规定取消、湖南电网饱和致业者涌入，即使居民反对，按法令有时仍须发放许可
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济州可再生能源收益应把"直接分红"与"公共贡献"分开纳入制度…当地策划报道呼吁制定包含常设协商机构、信息公开和绩效指标的实施路线图
提出"现有风电场现状调查→试点项目→评估完善→推广"的步骤，应以电费节省额、居民分红额、回馈额和参与率衡量成效…向民营企业施加负担须先明确法律依据
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韩国光州都市公社社长Kim Seung-nam呼吁设立独立能源公社主导农光互补收益共享…指出全南开发公社内可再生能源收益占比仅1.2%
在投稿中主张尽快成立"全南光州能源公社"…需要负责规划发电园区、与跨国企业直接签订购电协议的公共指挥部，不应只以初期财政自给率来判断
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仁川研究院：扩大市民参与能源转型，需增加实践奖励、生活圈共同实践和市民所有
2026年策划研究《仁川碳中和先导城市能源领域市民参与方案》结果…将国内外案例分为4类，市民认知调查显示经济激励、参与便利性和信息获取为主要课题
阳光收入村 更多 ›
能源公团核查阳光收入村登记企业过去的虚高合同记录…业界担忧事后制裁动摇村庄项目
据媒体采访，243家登记企业中约60家被列为对象…公团未公布对象数量和公布时间，指南规定问题企业出现时由其他登记企业接手村庄项目
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希腊向议会提交含“能源共享权”的电力市场法案…其他建筑产生的光伏电力也可由家庭、中小企业和地方政府分享
法案第12条在电力法中新增第137Γ条…6MW以下设施可由第三方代为运营，公共所有设施应尽力把平均10%以上的共享电力分给弱势家庭
Energy agency reviews past inflated-contract records of Sunlight Income Village contractors as industry warns late sanctions could unsettle village projects
Media reporting puts about 60 of 243 registered firms under review; the agency will not disclose numbers or timing, and its guidelines let another registered firm take over a village project if a sanctioned contractor runs into trouble
Incheon Research Institute says wider citizen role in energy transition needs rewards, neighbourhood action and more citizen ownership
2026 planning study on citizen participation in energy for a carbon-neutral Incheon sorts domestic and foreign cases into four types; residents' survey points to economic incentives, ease of taking part and access to information
Greece tables electricity market bill with a "right to energy sharing", letting households, small businesses and municipalities share solar power produced at other buildings
Article 12 adds Article 137Γ to the electricity law; third parties may run schemes and own installations up to 6MW, and public bodies must make best efforts to direct on average at least 10% of shared power to vulnerable households
- Australia's Narrabri Shire Council says miner Whitehaven's solar farm offered 50,000 dollars against about 566,000 dollars under its 1% rule, and unanimously asks the state minister to explain
- Only 27% of Spain's 837 energy communities are operating; government pushes urgent processing of an 'energy communities royal decree' before the 29 November election
- Jeju should write "direct dividends" and "public contributions" from renewables into rules, local series says, calling for a roadmap with a standing council, disclosure and performance indicators
- Gapado, where wind power stopped, tries again as a public-agency-led "RE100 village" with 600kW of wind, 990kW of solar and 7MWh of storage
- Seocheon County Council passes rural basic income and fund ordinances, listing resident-profit renewable energy projects among the fund's uses
- Italian town of Monselice joins renewable energy community as a producer member, steering profits from solar on public roofs to energy-poor households' bills
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Changwon councillor proposes a Changwon-style agrivoltaics and rural solar strategy in five-minute speech, calling for a master plan, pilot projects and a share of revenue for farmers and villages
Councillor Jeon Hong-pyo tells the 156th extraordinary session that farmland can be kept in use while giving farmers new income, urges pilots that test crop yields, power output and farm income, and asks the city to prepare ahead of the scheme taking effect
- President Lee Jae-myung answers farmers' "solar is a power business" criticism: give the chance to local residents, not outside developers
- Clause allowing direct nuclear power purchases (PPAs) in Korea's mega special zone bill draws controversy as climate ministry softens wording from hard to agree to careful approach
- Jinju council committee chair Choi Min-guk calls for review of zoning limits on rooftop solar in residential areas; only Jinju and Geoje in South Gyeongsang also bar semi-residential zones
- Jeonnam-Gwangju Special City Council members issue statement demanding Korea Rural Community Corporation be excluded from renewable supply obligation
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Ahead of Korea's agrivoltaics act taking effect on December 17, calls grow to "let Nonghyup take part" as farm co-ops are left out of both developer eligibility and the draft support-centre list
Permits stretch from up to 8 years to 23, but developers are limited to farmers, cooperatives of 10 or more residents and similar bodies; at an Ochang site in North Chungcheong, a co-op head says elderly farmers will struggle alone to meet the 80% cultivation and 30% shading rules
- President Lee says Yeongyang's shared wind and solar revenue "could be used" to fund basic income, as the county proposes a "lifetime pension" built on a 10% stake in a wind SPC bought for 50 billion won
- Shinhan Asset Management closes resident profit-sharing and energy infrastructure funds totaling about 500 billion won, securing a large offshore wind resident-participation project as the residents' fund's first investment
- Korea's balcony solar program opens to tenants and apartment group applications, but local governments' early demand estimate is only 13.6% of the target
- Presidential Committee on Basic Society holds rural forum in Buan, where the county presents a plan for a Basic Society Center linking shared renewable energy profits with care and medical services
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Busan's 1990-built Sinpyeong-Jangnim industrial complex to get 12.253MW of solar and 5MWh of storage as KOSPO consortium signs 32 billion won deal running to 2029
Rooftops of tenant firms and idle public land to be used, funded by 20 billion won in government grants, 3 billion won in local funds and 9 billion won from the consortium; operating income to be reinvested and shared under a "sunlight income" model made with Busan city, but the local share has not been spelled out
- Seoul Metro installs 733.83kW of solar on four rooftops and parking areas at Jinjeop depot for its own use, expects to save 177 million won a year
- Boseong co-op head cites collateral and elderly residents' upfront costs as barriers to agrivoltaics, floats the co-op covering their share
- Microsoft asks Korean chip suppliers to source carbon-free power within Korea
- Korea's new renewable contract market replacing the RPS next year puts offshore wind investment and resident-participation returns in question, with much riding on whether it takes over the role of REC multipliers
Society More ›
Solar permits surge in western South Gyeongsang after setback rules are eased, with Jinju going from about 70 last year to some 200 this year as conflicts with tenant farmers and residents trouble local governments
New permit applications in Sacheon rose from 147 two years ago to 170 last year and are already near that level this year; the scrapping of road setbacks and grid saturation in the Honam region are drawing developers, and permits must sometimes be granted despite residents' objections
- Nine years into the Naju Lake floating solar dispute, even supporters say "what we first asked for was resident participation"; criteria for judging local acceptance still undisclosed
- As solar projects spread to islands, residents across Tongyeong push back; applications for 1MW-plus generation licences in South Gyeongsang reach 200 this year alone
- Incheon opens citizens' deliberation on 1.54 million m² atop Sudokwon Landfill No. 2 on the 29th, as government solar proposal meets residents' opposition
- Gyeonggi Province drafts 56.5% cut to next year's social and solidarity economy budget, with zero program funding for its Social Economy Center
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Jeju should write "direct dividends" and "public contributions" from renewables into rules, local series says, calling for a roadmap with a standing council, disclosure and performance indicators
Proposed sequence runs from surveying existing wind farms to pilot projects, evaluation and expansion; results should be judged by bill savings, resident dividends, community returns and participation, and any burden on private developers needs a clear legal basis first
- Gapado, where wind power stopped, tries again as a public-agency-led "RE100 village" with 600kW of wind, 990kW of solar and 7MWh of storage
- Seocheon County Council passes rural basic income and fund ordinances, listing resident-profit renewable energy projects among the fund's uses
- Of 30 billion won invested by residents in Jeju's Hallim offshore wind farm, 20 billion came from a state agency's policy loans, prompting a proposal to separate investor dividends from public returns to all islanders
- Paju wins the Energy Transition Forum's Energy Transition Award in the local government category for direct PPAs of public renewable power to firms and a money-saving apartment electricity plan
Opinion More ›
Gwangju Urban Corporation CEO Kim Seung-nam calls for an independent energy corporation to lead profit-sharing from agrivoltaics, citing a 1.2% renewables revenue share at Jeonnam Development Corporation
In a contributed column he urges the swift launch of a "Jeonnam-Gwangju Energy Corporation" as a public control tower to plan generation zones and sign direct power purchase agreements with global companies, saying it should not be judged on early financial self-sufficiency alone
- "Citizens should own public car park solar, not just buy into a fund": Jang Si-jeong of Yeomjeongol Solar Cooperative calls for co-ops in Incheon's 40MW public SPC
- Jeju should set rules for returning renewable energy profits to residents first, local series argues, citing Sinan's sunlight and wind pensions that have passed 30 billion won
- Encored CEO Choi Jong-woong urges a shift to a decentralised power system at a Naju forum, citing US CCAs to argue that local power income should be shared with residents
- Chungnam environmental group's energy transition team leader Jo Sun-hyeong proposes an ordinance for a permanent climate citizens' assembly in Dangjin
Citizen Energy More ›
Incheon Research Institute says wider citizen role in energy transition needs rewards, neighbourhood action and more citizen ownership
2026 planning study on citizen participation in energy for a carbon-neutral Incheon sorts domestic and foreign cases into four types; residents' survey points to economic incentives, ease of taking part and access to information
- Seoul's Yeongdeungpo citizen solar cooperative proposes resident-funded solar plants on public car parks and rooftops; district head's office to check feasibility
- Suwon seminar on a "solar fridge" model proposes using citizen solar revenue to stock 43 community fridges, with a "solar food solidarity fund"
- Citizens' 299kW solar plant opens on Hwaseong produce centre roof as city lends the roof and residents put up the money for 'RE-bit No. 4'
- Temple energy self-reliance briefing presents two solar models, 'self-consumption' and 'site lease,' for temples held back by upfront costs and paperwork
Sunlight Income Village More ›
Energy agency reviews past inflated-contract records of Sunlight Income Village contractors as industry warns late sanctions could unsettle village projects
Media reporting puts about 60 of 243 registered firms under review; the agency will not disclose numbers or timing, and its guidelines let another registered firm take over a village project if a sanctioned contractor runs into trouble
- Jeju's first two Sunlight Income Villages get under way as the province moves to cover about 70% of villages' 15% self-funded share from its regional decline fund
- Solar income villages: Icheon mayor and a Gumi village head float plans to spend profits on community care and shared meals
- National Pension Service's "village pension" reaches 9 villages and 211 seniors; 400kW rooftop plant with citizen-staff cooperative planned at its headquarters
- Yeongam county council tells solar income villages to set self-funding and loan repayment rules before sharing revenue; Jukjeong village plans 500kW of solar and 1.5MWh of storage for 1.4 billion won
World More ›
Greece tables electricity market bill with a "right to energy sharing", letting households, small businesses and municipalities share solar power produced at other buildings
Article 12 adds Article 137Γ to the electricity law; third parties may run schemes and own installations up to 6MW, and public bodies must make best efforts to direct on average at least 10% of shared power to vulnerable households
- Australia's Narrabri Shire Council says miner Whitehaven's solar farm offered 50,000 dollars against about 566,000 dollars under its 1% rule, and unanimously asks the state minister to explain
- Only 27% of Spain's 837 energy communities are operating; government pushes urgent processing of an 'energy communities royal decree' before the 29 November election
- Italian town of Monselice joins renewable energy community as a producer member, steering profits from solar on public roofs to energy-poor households' bills
- Saint-Paul-lès-Dax in France's Landes builds 4.57MWc citizen solar plant on former waste storage site, with separate resident investment body CIER40