Beyond the Static: Renewable Energy in South Korea

As the sun rises over the mountains of Gangwon Province, the valleys are still full of mist. Cuckoos call and frogs cross the roads. Above the fields of maize and ginseng, another silent crop prepares to gorge itself on the intensifying sunlight. Soon, the thousands upon thousands of photovoltaic panels that make up Yeongwol Solar Power Plant will begin sending electricity to the national grid for another day. Yeongwol is South Korea’s biggest solar power plant, generating 40MW of power. Yet t