The company actively complies with government’s low carbon and green growth policy.
▲ Kim Dong-seob, Executive Director for Power Generation at Korea Western Power (left) takes a picture with Kim Man-yeong, Executive Director for Green Life Division at Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute.
Korea Western Power (President: Kim Moon-duk) obtained on July 10 the ‘carbon reduction label’ for electric power it produced, for the first time in the power generation industry.
The ‘carbon reduction label’ system, which is supervised by the Ministry of Environment and operated by Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute, is a measure of authenticating excellent products based on carbon quantity emitted in entire processes, comprising production, transport, distribution, use and abandonment of products, in order to cope with climate change. The system is designed to contribute to spreading low carbon consumption culture by providing consumers with products indicated with greenhouse gas emission quantity.
The authentication is meaningful in that it served as a standard for authenticating the industry-first ‘carbon reduction label’ in the domestic power generation industry for the electric power generated at Taean Power Complex Division, Pyeongtaek Power Complex Division and West Incheon Power Complex Division, as well as Gunsan Combined Cycle Power Department.
Now that it obtained the ‘carbon reduction label’ for all of its plants, for the first time in the power generation industry, after it received the ‘carbon trust standard’ certificate, Korea Western Power is recognized as a responsible company that actively deals with climate change problems. The company obtained in April this year the ‘carbon trust standard’ certificate, which is the global greenhouse gas reduction system for companies.
Korea Western Power is playing a leading role as a green energy company by continuously reducing greenhouse gases through various programs. These programs include development of the industry-first organic solid fuel and coal mixed firing technology and biocoal, as well as construction of the world’s largest Garolim Tidal Power Plant and the industry-first IGCC plant.
source: todayenergy
