Daegu Metropolitan City announced Thursday that it will hold regional resident briefings on the "Sunlight Income Village" project, which shares renewable energy generation revenue with local residents.
In its first year, the project is a resident-participation renewable energy model that installs solar power facilities on idle village land or farmland and uses the resulting revenue to improve community welfare and revitalize the local economy.
The initiative carries particular significance because it goes beyond simply deploying renewable energy, providing a sustainable income source for rural villages grappling with population decline and aging.
The first briefing will be held Friday at the main conference room of the Gunwi County Office, and the second on Saturday at the Dalseong County Office's Resident Communication Hall.
At the sessions, relevant agencies will provide explanations of the overall project and directly address questions on topics such as grid connection for solar installations and the use of public idle land.
"The Sunlight Income Village is a new regional development model that can simultaneously address the climate crisis and the problem of regional depopulation," said Lee Ho-jun, director of Daegu's Energy Industry Division. "As this is the first year of implementation, we will actively support on-site preparations together with relevant agencies, from forming cooperatives to securing land and funding."
