High-efficiency Electric Product Subsidy

Country / jurisdiction: Korea · Year: 2001 · Status: In force · Level: National · Type: Voluntary

This program aims to reduce power consumption and promote energy use rationalization by encouraging use of high-efficiency electric devices that can lower power consumption.

The program promotes the use of high-efficiency electric devices to reduce electricity consumption and peak power. This is to encourage the public to rationalize their energy consumption. The program replaces old lighting systems with high-efficiency devices for free for the energy poor such as low-income groups and social welfare facilities. This is to improve their energy welfare.

* low-income groups: General recipients of the basic living assistance program prescribed in the National Basic Living Security Act

* Social welfare facilities: Community and Utility facilities that are reported to the Ministry of Health & Welfare and the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family

Targets of the program include:

- Projects to promote high-efficiency equipment: LED lamps with interior/exterior converter, inverters, coolers

- Projects to promote electricity load management equipment: cold storage systems, remote controlling systems of cooling and heating equipment, peak electricity control system, district cooling systems, gas cooling systems

- Projects to improve energy welfare: High-efficiency fluorescent lamps and LED lamps

Official source: http://www.kemco.or.kr/web/kem_home_new/ener_efficiency/machine_04.asp