Wind power in South Korea

Wind power in South Korea is a form of renewable energy in South Korea. As of 2015 wind power capacity in South Korea was 835 MW and the wind energy share of total electricity consumption was far below 0,1%. Nevertheless, the Korean government plans to invest $8.2 billion into offshore wind farms in order to increase the total capacity by 2.5 GW by 2019[1]

Statistics

Installed wind power capacity in South Korea and generation in recent years is shown in the table below:

Year 1998-2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Installed (MW) n.a. n.a. 96.6 57 16 86 70 31 28 76 78 48 226
Capacity (MW) n.a. 22.5 119.1 176 192 278 348 379 407 483 561 609 835

See also

References

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