Energy In South Korea Essay

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South Korea is one of the country which have huge energy consumption. As there are much consumption of energy, there are many sources of energy produced. South Korea get their energy from fossil fuels, wind energy, nuclear power, hydro energy and solar energy. However, some energy sources have some disadvantages and the problems associating with them. The table above shows the electricity production in South Korea from 2008 to 2011. The energy is most produced by the thermal energy in Korea by taking 65.3% of energy production.

Firstly, the fossil fuel is the energy sources which the energy can be created by burning the fuels, formed by anaerobic decomposition of dead organisms, buried in ancient times. Fossil fuels are including coal, and petroleum, which is …show more content…

Wind energy is created in the wind power plant, the wind turbines with blades. The wind turns the blades, which spin a shaft, that connects to the generator, and create energy. As the map shows, there are many wind power plants installed in South Korea. The number of wind power plant installed capacity …show more content…

As the wind energy is renewable resources, it will not be depleted but this has problems in political and social way. Wind turbines need large area of lands to put enough number of turbines. The using land for the turbines are considered as wasting, as the electrical energy produced from the turbine is usually too little to warrant the usage of large lands. For the country that has small area of lands, the installation of the turbines can be political problem, too. Wind turbines make much noise. As the noise disturbs the surrounding people’s life, it can also be social problem. These problems can be solved by giving some advantages or benefits to the people who live near the wind power plants, or maybe finding the way to install the wind turbines on the sea area, not in the land, by more

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