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 to 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:[2]

Year 20042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017
Capacity (MW) 65.7183.6190.0192.7298.0333.3366.7418.7491.5583.4644.7852.51,034.61,143
Generation (GW·h) 47.4129.8238.9375.6436.0685.3816.9862.8912.71,148.11,145.51,342.41,683.12,169
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