The Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment held a roundtable with experts to discuss ways to overhaul the current laws with a focus on renewable energy. Tasks raised included rationalizing setback regulations for renewable energy facilities and expanding the deployment of renewable energy.
On the 4th, the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment said it held a roundtable at the Government Complex Sejong on the theme of "Directions for legal and institutional reforms for a major transition to renewable energy." The roundtable was held to carry out the government's state task of an "energy transition centered on renewable energy" and to push follow-up measures to the second meeting on rationalizing key regulations presided over by the president on the 16th of last month.
More than 20 energy and legal experts and industry officials attended the roundtable and discussed improvement plans on current issues, including ▲ expanding the deployment of renewable energy ▲ systematic institutional support ▲ rationalizing setback regulations for renewable energy facilities.
The industry has argued that the current laws, which regulate new energy based on fossil fuels together with renewable energy, should be newly reorganized and revised to align with policy promotion centered on renewable energy. There has also been a continuous call to legislate the differing setback regulations for renewable energy facilities by local governments based on reasonable standards.
The National Assembly has also seen the introduction of numerous bills focused on separating new energy and renewable energy and rationalizing setback regulations.
Sim Jin-su, director of renewable energy policy at the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment, said, "We will promote institutional improvements to dramatically expand the deployment of renewable energy such as solar and wind power and to broaden resident-participation projects," adding, "We will reflect the intent of the bills under discussion in the National Assembly and overhaul the renewable energy legal framework in a systematic and swift manner."