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2030년까지 '원전 35기 분량' 태양광•풍력 짓는다

The Korean government is set to invest over a hundred billion dollars in renewable energy.
According to our Kim Ji-yeon it's all part of efforts to increase reliance on solar and wind,... to help phase out coal and nuclear power.
At a meeting held Wednesday, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy unveiled plans to increase renewable energy plants that utilize solar and wind power.
The ministry says it'll inject more than 100 billion U.S. dollars into renewable energy between now and 2030 and increase the number of renewable energy power plants to produce 48-point-7 gigawatts of electricity, equivalent to around 35 nuclear power plants.
It aims to increase the proportion of electricity generated by renewable energy sources from last year's seven-percent to 20-percent by 2030.

(Korean ed: steve)
"Public awareness about safety and the need for renewable energy sources has increased after witnessing Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011 and experiencing earthquakes in Gyeongju and Pohang in recent years."

The ministry says it'll relax agriculture laws to allow the installation of solar panels along coastlines and reservoirs... as well as on the roofs of military facilities,... and it will strengthen laws to expand zero-energy construction until it becomes mandatory for all buildings by 2030.
It says it'll encourage the general public to utilize solar panels for household use... by enabling the state-run Korea Electric Power Corporation to purchase their leftover electricity.

(Korean ed: steve)
"The recent plan is an improvement on previous governments' renewable energy policies in that it has considered environmental groups' demands,... including policies to offer twenty-year contracts to renewable energy producers. The policy reduces the burden on producers that generate electricity through renewable energy sources, which cost double that of nuclear or coal-fired power plants."

The ministry says there will be minimal increases in electricity bills during the transition process.
It expects electricity bills to increase by one-point-three-percent in 2022... and expects a near 11-percent increase by 2030.
Kim Ji-yeon, Arirang News.

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