Solar power in South Korea
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South Korea plans to meet 20 percent of its total electricity consumption with renewables by 2030, the energy ministry said the plan called for adding 30.8 GW of solar power generating capacity and 16.5 GW of wind power capacity.Reuters: [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-southkorea-energy-policy/south-korea-finalizes-energy-plan-to-boost-renewable-power-generation-idUSKBN1EN0KT South Korea finalizes energy plan to boost renewable power generation]
Statistics
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|+ Installed solar power capacity and generation in South Koreahttp://www.knrec.or.kr [https://www.knrec.or.kr/pds/statistics_read.aspx?no=99&searchfield=&searchword=&page=1 (책자)2019년 신재생에너지 보급통계(2020년 공표)_한국에너지공단 ] | ||||||||||||||||
| Year
! 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity (MW)
| 5.9 || 8.5 || 13.5 || 35.8 || 81.1 || 356.8 || 523.6 || 650.3 || 729.1 || 1,024 || 1,555 || 2,481 || 3,615 || 4,502 || 5,835 || 8,099 || 11,767 | ||||||||||||||||
| Generation (GW·h)
| 7.7 || 9.8 || 14.3 || 31.0 || 71.2 || 284.3 || 566.1 || 772.8 || 917.1 || 1,103 || 1,605 || 2,556 || 3,979 || 5,122 || 7,056 || 9,208 || 12,996 |