KOGAS (President Chae Hee-bong)participated in the International Green Energy Expo 2021 held at EXCO, Daegufrom April 28 (Wed) to 30 (Fri).
KOGAS was established in August 1983 toimprove the convenience and welfare of people through the supply of naturalgas, which is clean energy. Its main tasks are to construct an LNG receivingbase and a natural gas supply pipeline, import LNG from abroad, regasify it atthe receiving base, and supply it stably to city gas companies and powerplants. Also, LNG is mainly introduced in Middle East Asia (Qatar, Oman, Yemen,Egypt), Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei), Russia (Sakhalin),Australia, and the US.
KOGAS has been supplying natural gas to thePyeongtaek Thermal Power Plant in 1986 by continuously promoting the NationalNatural Gas Supply Project to enhance the convenience and welfare of thepeople. It started supplying natural gas to Honam, the west sea area in 1999,and the Gangwon area in 2002. As the national main pipeline construction workwas completed, a loop was formed to provide a stable gas supply.
Since 2009, KOGAS has been supplying gas toregions with no gas supply, and began supplying natural gas to Jeju area in2019. It has continued supply chain expansion business to establish energywelfare and for balanced regional development. The length of the pipe currentlybeing used is 4,945km as of December 2020, and KOGAS is supplying gas to 212cities and counties and 19.25 million households (supply rate 83.4%).
In this exhibition, KOGAS revealed Vision2030. The vision goal is to △ reduce 60% in vehicle fuel cost per household △reduce 10 million tons of national greenhouse gas △ reach 3 trillion won inoperating profit. Also, KOGAS presented the five strategies, leading thehydrogen industry, expanding new businesses (expanding the supply of LNG fortransportation), enhancing product and facility competitiveness, strengtheninginternal capabilities, and realizing social values (leading disaster and safetymanagement, job creation and sharing).
Recently, the interest towards hydrogenenergy has increased. In line with this, KOGAS also announced that it willactively participate in the entire process of the hydrogen industry, includingmanufacturing and production of hydrogen, construction and operation of supplychains, and distribution through leading investments in hydrogen business andstep-by-step strategies.
The 18th International Green Energy Expo isKorea’s largest, one of Asia’s top 3 and the world’s top 10 new and renewableenergy exhibitions, and the only exhibition jointly organized by the four majorassociations. The exhibition covers △Solar power △ESS (energy storage system)& battery △Smart grid technology △Wind power and △New and renewable energy.This exhibition is hosted by Daegu Metropolitan City and Gyeongsangbuk-do andorganized by EXCO, KNREA, KOPIA, KWEIA, and KHIA.
→ Go to the 18th Green Energy Expo special page