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RENEWABLES
NEW & RENEWABLES
Support Program on International Certification
Support Program on International Certification
Purpose
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- KEA provides supports to new and renewable energy companies who want to obtain international certification such as UL and TUV.
- UL: Underwriters’ Laboratories, Inc. (Safety testing and certification agency of the US)
- TUV: Technischer Uberwachungs Veine .e. V (Association for Technology Evaluation): Quality testing agency approved by the German government
Details
Selection of projects subject to the program
Recipient of the support is selected through a public contest
Details of the support program
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KEA provides financial support for the cost of obtaining the international certification
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- Certification in the area of solar PV and wind energy have the priority
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- [Examples of international certification supported by this program]
Examples of international certification supported by this program Category Certification Solar PV UL (Underwriters’ Laboratories), JET (Japan Electrical Safely and Environment Laboratories), TUV (Association for Technology Evaluation), VDE (Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technology) Wind energy DEWI-OCC ( German Wind Energy Institute - Offshore and Certification Center), GL ( Germanischer Lloyd, German Classification Society) Solar thermal FSEC (Florida Solar Energy Center), SRCC (Solar Rating and Certification Corporation), Solar Keymark (Solar thermal certification) ※ Areas of certification that do not fall under the above category are subject to a review of the Evaluation Committee
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Duration of the projects
Recipient companies must obtain certificate in the same year when they received the subsidy
Eligibility
Domestic manufacturers of new and renewable energy facilities
Certification process
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Maximum 75% of the certification costs (Maximum 100 million won per certificate)
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- Scope of the cost: Certification application fee and performance testing fee
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- Subsidy amount varies depending on the size of the subject companies
- Small and medium sized companies: max 75% of the cost
- Medium sized companies: max 50% of the cost
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- Limit of the subsidy: 2 certificates per company per year (100 million won per certificate)
