Jeju Island Strives to Become Carbon-Free Jeju is going green

Renewable energies currently make up about five-percent of the total electricity supply on Jeju Island.
However, the resort island named one of the new seven wonders of nature aims to stop using fossil fuels and use renewable energy sources to meet all the energy needs of its residents by 2030.
To do so, Jeju Province plans to build more wind farms and solar power plants and acquire 2 gigawatts of offshore wind power, 300 megawatts of land wind power, and 100 megawatts of solar power.
All cars, including commercial vehicles, will be replaced with electric cars which will be powered by the electricity generated by wind and solar energy.
To insure drivers will be able to recharge their electric cars, 225-thousand charging stations will be set up all across the island.
Jeju is currently piloting the use of smart grid technology, a digitally enabled electrical grid that acts on information gathered about the behavior of suppliers and consumers.
Although the technology is being tested at some apartment complexes now, Jeju Province hopes to gradually scale up its use of the technology.
In addition, authorities will push for burying electrical lines underground and planting lots of trees to turn Jeju Island into a truly green island.

[Interview :Lee Ji-hoon, Smart Grid Distributor] "All these efforts to make Jeju a carbon-free island will expand profits from tourism and create more jobs to the benefit of all residents".

The Jeju provincial government has chosen Gapa Island, an islet that belongs to Jeju District, for a pilot program.
On Gapa Island, electric cars will soon rule the roads.
Kim Yeon-ji, Arirang News.