S. Korea's First "Green Conversion" Power Plant Completed | Be Korea-savvy

S. Korea’s First “Green Conversion” Power Plant Completed


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DANGJIN, July 24 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s move to switch to clean energy is being put into practice. The Dangjin-Eco Solar Power Plant, which was originally conceived as a coal-fired power plant before being changed to a renewable energy facility, largely in line with the Moon administration’s ambitious green energy-oriented policies, was officially completed on Thursday.

Equipped with 9.8MW solar power facilities and energy storage devices (ESS) on a sprawling site (303,965 ㎡) in Seokmun-myeon, Dangjin, South Chungcheong Province, this renewable energy power plant has the capacity of generating and distributing 13,000MWh of electricity on an annual basis – enough to power 3,500 households for one year.

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The switch to solar power, is expected to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 5,756 tons per year. This is the first case in South Korea in which a coal-fired power plant has been converted into a renewable energy facility, said an official with the South Chungcheong Provincial Government.

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Image courtesy of Dangjin City Government / South Chungcheong Provincial Government / photonews@koreabizwire.com

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