The signatories included Incheon’s Seo-gu Ward Office, SK Incheon Petroleum Co., Shinincheon Power Complex of Korea Southern Power Co. (KOSPO), Seoincheon Power Complex of Korea West Power Co. (KOWEPO), Incheon Power Complex of Korea Midland Power Co. (KOMIPO), and Incheon LNG Combined Cycle Power Plant of POSCO Energy.

Under the deal, six companies, including SLC, aim to slash more than 20 percent of their target reduction goals of air pollutants such as fine dust, sulfur oxide and nitrogen oxide by 2020 in cooperation with Incheon’s Seo-gu Ward Office.

The agreement is expected to result in reducing fine dust and other air pollutant emissions by about 6,603 tons. The reduced air pollutant amounts have an effect of planning approximately 180 million trees based on a calculation of 35.7 grams of air pollutants per tree.

Choi Byung-jin, head of the Clean Energy Department at SLC, said, “With the agreement, I’m pleased to join forces in protecting residents’ health and the environment of the district down the road, and we’ll devote ourselves to creating a pleasant and clean environment.”

Meanwhile, SLC struck an agreement to implement a pilot project to introduce eco-friendly LNG vehicles such as waste vehicles at the Sudokwon landfill site along with Incheon’s Seo-gu Ward Office and other related organizations in July 2019.

SLC is continuing to make efforts to reduce fine dust by coming up with a detailed incentive plan to expand the supply of eco-friendly waste carrying vehicles.

DreamPark Foundation Delivers 198 million won in Scholarships to 125 Students

The DreamPark Foundation delivered 198 million won in scholarships to 125 students, which were selected for excellent scholastic achievements and for becoming children of low-income families among the students in the Incheon’s Seo-gu and Gimpo area, on Feb. 21.

The DreamPark Foundation was established in December 2002 to explore and support prominent manpower from the regional society.

The foundation has delivered scholarships worth cumulative 1.34 billion won to a combined 1,019 students from 2003 until this year.

In particular, the foundation has raised an additional fund by hosting a charity golf competition at DreamPark CC twice yearly since 2016.

The additional fund has allowed the beneficiaries of the scholarship, selected for their excellent scholastic achievements, to be expanded to students from low-come families in the area being affected by the landfill site and ones selected for art and athletic flair in the Incheon’s Seo-gu and Yangchon-up, Gimpo City.

Kang Sung-chil, head of the External Cooperation Division at SLC, said, “SLC will continue to provide support to regional gifted manpower who challenge for the future with dreams in accordance with its top priority value of regional shared growth.”

Meanwhile, the foundation cancelled a scholarship awards ceremony slated for Feb. 21 due to the spread of COVID-19.