In 2021, electric power generation by coal energy in South Korea amounted to around 189 terawatt hours, accounting for 32.8 percent of total electric power generation in the country. That year, a total of 576 terawatt hours of electric power was generated in South Korea.
Electric power generated by coal in South Korea from 2008 to 2021 (in terawatt hours)
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Korea Energy Economics Institute. (December 31, 2022). Electric power generated by coal in South Korea from 2008 to 2021 (in terawatt hours) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 09, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/991358/south-korea-electric-power-generation-by-coal/
Korea Energy Economics Institute. "Electric power generated by coal in South Korea from 2008 to 2021 (in terawatt hours)." Chart. December 31, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 09, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/991358/south-korea-electric-power-generation-by-coal/
Korea Energy Economics Institute. (2022). Electric power generated by coal in South Korea from 2008 to 2021 (in terawatt hours). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 09, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/991358/south-korea-electric-power-generation-by-coal/
Korea Energy Economics Institute. "Electric Power Generated by Coal in South Korea from 2008 to 2021 (in Terawatt Hours)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Dec 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/991358/south-korea-electric-power-generation-by-coal/
Korea Energy Economics Institute, Electric power generated by coal in South Korea from 2008 to 2021 (in terawatt hours) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/991358/south-korea-electric-power-generation-by-coal/ (last visited December 09, 2023)
Electric power generated by coal in South Korea from 2008 to 2021 (in terawatt hours) [Graph], Korea Energy Economics Institute, December 31, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/991358/south-korea-electric-power-generation-by-coal/