title: Solar power in South Korea
text: # Solar power in South Korea
  
  South Korea plans to meet 20 percent of its total electricity consumption with renewables by 2030, the energy ministry said the plan called for adding 30.8 GW of solar power generating capacity and 16.5 GW of wind power capacity.
  
  ## Statistics
  
  Installed solar power capacity and generation in South Korea :
  
  | Year | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Capacity (MW) | 5.9 | 8.5 | 13.5 | 35.8 | 81.1 | 356.8 | 523.6 | 650.3 | 729.1 | 1,024 | 1,555 | 2,481 | 3,615 | 4,502 | 5,835 | 8,099 | 11,767 |
  | Generation (GW·h) | 7.7 | 9.8 | 14.3 | 31.0 | 71.2 | 284.3 | 566.1 | 772.8 | 917.1 | 1,103 | 1,605 | 2,556 | 3,979 | 5,122 | 7,056 | 9,208 | 12,996 |
  