Olympic Park Forest byproduct, born of eco-friendly energy

Jul 16, 2025

The Seoul Olympic Memorial National Sports Promotion Foundation has signed a business agreement with Cheonil Energy, a company specializing in 'unused forest biomass', to turn it into a resource for Olympic Park forests. 'Used Forest Biomass' refers to a policy of using by-products generated from forest management activities as a recycling energy source.

The agreement ceremony was held at the Olympic Hall on the 15th with officials from both companies, including Cha Cha-nam, head of the commemorative business division, and Park Sang-won, CEO. Through this agreement, forest by-products such as logs and branches generated incidentally during the landscaping maintenance process of Olympic Park will be converted into eco-friendly renewable energy resources rather than simple disposal as before, and positive effects such as environmental protection, budget reduction, and improvement of public service quality can be expected.

In the meantime, it has cost 50 million won a year to dispose of about 250 tons of forest by-products per year during the tree maintenance process at Olympic Park, but in the future, the by-products will be processed into eco-friendly renewable energy such as wood chips for free and used as fuel in power plants.

An official from the Korea Sports Corporation said, "The transition to eco-friendly renewable energy from tree by-products will contribute to the implementation of the government's carbon-neutral green growth policy and the implementation of ESG management through resource circulation. In the future, we will make Olympic Park a site of environmental protection practice with the people beyond simple green spaces."

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.