South Korea should close up to a quarter of its coal-fired power plants between ...
FILE PHOTO: Former U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon delivers a speech to China's Premier Li Keqiang and Netherlands' Prime Minister Mark Rutte during the Global Commission on Adaptation ceremony, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China June 27, 2019. Fred Dufour/Pool via REUTERS
South Korea operates some 60 coal-fired plants, generating about 40% of the country’s electricity, but is facing growing calls to improve air quality, rated as the worst among its peers in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in 2017. The committee, set up President Moon Jae-in, also recommended capping operations at other coal-fired power plants during those months at 80%. At present, plants are only capped at 80% when an air pollution advisory is issued.
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