In 2021, around 33.6 million metric tons of oil equivalent of nuclear energy was produced in South Korea, making up more than half the total energy production in the country. It was followed by renewables at almost 22 million metric tons of oil equivalent. That year, a total of approximately 57.3 million metric tons of oil equivalent of energy was produced in South Korea.
Primary energy production in South Korea in 2021, by source (in 1,000 metric tons of oil equivalent)
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Korea Energy Economics Institute. (February 28, 2023). Primary energy production in South Korea in 2021, by source (in 1,000 metric tons of oil equivalent) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 08, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/991395/south-korea-energy-production-by-source/
Korea Energy Economics Institute. "Primary energy production in South Korea in 2021, by source (in 1,000 metric tons of oil equivalent)." Chart. February 28, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 08, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/991395/south-korea-energy-production-by-source/
Korea Energy Economics Institute. (2023). Primary energy production in South Korea in 2021, by source (in 1,000 metric tons of oil equivalent). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 08, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/991395/south-korea-energy-production-by-source/
Korea Energy Economics Institute. "Primary Energy Production in South Korea in 2021, by Source (in 1,000 Metric Tons of Oil Equivalent)." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Feb 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/991395/south-korea-energy-production-by-source/
Korea Energy Economics Institute, Primary energy production in South Korea in 2021, by source (in 1,000 metric tons of oil equivalent) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/991395/south-korea-energy-production-by-source/ (last visited December 08, 2023)
Primary energy production in South Korea in 2021, by source (in 1,000 metric tons of oil equivalent) [Graph], Korea Energy Economics Institute, February 28, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/991395/south-korea-energy-production-by-source/