The country is targeting a balanced mix of nuclear and renewables as it develops new policies to support a transition in industrial manufacturing, said environment minister Kim Sung-hwan. He joined growing calls at COP30 for the transition away from fossil fuels.
The election marks the first time a local leader has faced voters after completing a “literature survey”, the initial stage in identifying a permanent disposal site for high-level radioactive waste from nuclear power plants.
The bloc, whose energy demand is expected to nearly double by 2040, has been pursuing power grid integration since 1997 but technical and financial barriers have hampered progress. A new financing pact aims to change this.
A year-long government “sandbox” study identifies recurring conflicts in solar, aquaculture-solar, micro-hydropower and geothermal projects, prompting policy reforms …