KOREABEYOND COAL
26.7% of greenhouse gases were emitted by coal plants.
Renewables are becoming cheaper for 2/3 of the world’s population. In Korea, solar power will become cheaper than coal by 2024.
Coal emits both air pollutants as well as fine dust.
By 2054, about 15,232 people in Korea could die from the air pollutants emitted by domestic coal plants.
Coal plants in operation
Coal plants planned to be built
Domestic reliance on coal for electricity
Coal plants retired