In 2020, the installed capacity of electricity generation in South Korea amounted to around 129.2 gigawatts, steadily increased from about 73.47 gigawatts a decade ago. Thermal power plants took charge of 74 percent of the total electricity generation capacity in South Korea.
Installed capacity of electricity generation in South Korea from 2008 to 2020
(in gigawatts)
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Korea Energy Economics Institute. (March 12, 2021). Installed capacity of electricity generation in South Korea from 2008 to 2020 (in gigawatts) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 05, 2022, 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 2020 (in gigawatts)." Chart. March 12, 2021. Statista. Accessed July 05, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/990708/south-korea-installed-electricity-generation-capacity/
Korea Energy Economics Institute. (2021). Installed capacity of electricity generation in South Korea from 2008 to 2020 (in gigawatts). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 05, 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 2020 (in Gigawatts)." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 Mar 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/990708/south-korea-installed-electricity-generation-capacity/
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