Wisdom Trust Environment News 13-05-2008
Environment News.
Korean Village Runs On 100% Solar Power.
The Korean village Donggwang gets 100% of its power from the sun. The village is located on the semi-tropical island of Jeju-do. Near the village, Halla Mountain, a volcano and the tallest mountain in South Korea, rises from the island’s centre amidst a patchwork of small farms.
The village’s forty houses and the school all have large solar panels covering their roofs. A typical roof will have a two kilowatt solar installation. In 2004, the government subsidised the solar systems in Donggwang, paying 70% of the installation fees.
Jeju-du island also has a large wind farm. Last year, the local government announced its plan to raise the island’s wind power generation capacity to 500 megawatts (MW) by 2020, in order to replace 20% of conventionally generated electricity. It also had said it will replace 26% of existing fuel used in transportation to environmentally friendly fuel.
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