Held the first meeting of’Energy Demand Management Roundtable’
In one place with various experts such as companies, academia, and civic groups
[에너지신문] The government will organize and operate the’Energy Demand Management Roundtable’ as a forum for discussion on ways to reduce energy demand to drive carbon neutrality in 2050.
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy held the first roundtable meeting of various related experts at the Korea Press Center on the 10th.
According to the Ministry of Industry, it will not be easy to achieve the carbon-neutral goal in 2050 unless strong energy demand reduction is supported, given the trend of domestic energy demand and the share of greenhouse gas emissions from energy. Accordingly, the Ministry of Industry explained that it is planning to come up with various measures to reduce demand.
At the conference, various experts from major energy consumption industries (steel, chemical, cement, etc.), large and medium-sized enterprises, energy conservation specialists (ESCO), energy IT industry, academia, civic groups, and related organizations, participated.
They focus on the three directions: △A major shift in demand management in which all entities of energy supply and consumption, including small and medium-sized enterprises, participate △ Massive demand reduction through voluntary participation and full incentives △ Demand management using carbon-neutral challenges as opportunities. Discussed.
The Ministry of Industry will hold roundtable meetings on a regular basis in the future to actively utilize the discussions in deriving policy tasks related to energy demand management in the’Energy Carbon Neutral Innovation Strategy’, which is scheduled to be established by the end of the year.
Energy Innovation Policy Officer Lee Ho-hyun, who presided over the meeting, said, “To achieve carbon neutrality in 2050, a breakthrough and new approach that drastically deviates from the existing framework is necessary to achieve carbon neutrality.” It is expected that it will be a valuable cornerstone to suggest future energy policy directions by gathering the wisdom of the people.
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