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Countries around the world are starting to regulate carbon emissions. The Korean government also announced that it would reduce carbon dioxide emissions, the main culprit of global warming, by 40% by 2030 and achieve zero carbon emissions by 2050. This is the 'Carbon Neutral Year' to put this into action. A reporter is out in an industrial field that challenges zero carbon.
Reporter Hyemi Lee, where are you now?
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Yes, this is a thermal power plant in Boryeong, Chungcheongnam-do.
Thermal power generation is one of the industries that emit the most carbon dioxide, and in order to remove this carbon scab, carbon dioxide emitted when fuels such as coal or LNG are used are directly collected through a collection facility.
Before exhaust gas exits the chimney, only carbon dioxide is separated and recycled for dry ice production.
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How are government and industry practices for carbon neutrality progressing?
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Yes, in order to be carbon neutral, the proportion of renewable energy must be increased to about 70%.
The use of solar power, wind power, and hydrogen energy is therefore more important. At the end of last year, the largest floating solar power plant in Korea started operation.
Floating solar power installed at Hapcheon Dam in Gyeongnam generates electricity for 60,000 people a year, which is more than enough for Hapcheon-gun residents to use.
In addition, the world's largest offshore wind farms are scheduled to be built in Sinan and Ulsan in Jeollanam-do by 2030.
To compensate for the shortcomings of eco-friendly renewable energy affected by weather, the construction of an energy storage system called ESS is expanding, and research on hydrogen, which has recently emerged as a new energy source, is being actively conducted.
In addition, almost all large corporations in Korea are rushing to prepare for a carbon-neutral society by jumping into eco-friendly management such as solar power, fuel cells, carbon dioxide capture, and establishment of hydrogen plants.
(On-site conduct: Shin Jin-soo, video coverage: Kim Seong-il, video editing: Yoon Tae-ho, CG: Seo Seung-hyun, screen provided: Korea Water Resources Corporation)