In 2021, the installed capacity of electricity generation in South Korea amounted to around 134 gigawatts, steadily increased from about 79.34 gigawatts a decade ago. Thermal power plants took charge of 53 percent of the total electricity generation capacity in South Korea.
Installed capacity of electricity generation in South Korea from 2008 to 2021 (in gigawatts)
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Korea Energy Economics Institute. (December 31, 2022). Installed capacity of electricity generation in South Korea from 2008 to 2021 (in gigawatts) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 30, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/990708/south-korea-installed-electricity-generation-capacity/
Korea Energy Economics Institute. "Installed capacity of electricity generation in South Korea from 2008 to 2021 (in gigawatts)." Chart. December 31, 2022. Statista. Accessed May 30, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/990708/south-korea-installed-electricity-generation-capacity/
Korea Energy Economics Institute. (2022). Installed capacity of electricity generation in South Korea from 2008 to 2021 (in gigawatts). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 30, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/990708/south-korea-installed-electricity-generation-capacity/
Korea Energy Economics Institute. "Installed Capacity of Electricity Generation in South Korea from 2008 to 2021 (in Gigawatts)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Dec 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/990708/south-korea-installed-electricity-generation-capacity/
Korea Energy Economics Institute, Installed capacity of electricity generation in South Korea from 2008 to 2021 (in gigawatts) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/990708/south-korea-installed-electricity-generation-capacity/ (last visited May 30, 2023)
Installed capacity of electricity generation in South Korea from 2008 to 2021 (in gigawatts) [Graph], Korea Energy Economics Institute, December 31, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/990708/south-korea-installed-electricity-generation-capacity/