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Women, wind, stones and solar

Smart grids: South Korea plans to build a nationwide smart grid to reduce energy imports, sustain economic development, and support the countrys ambitious carbon reduction goals. The smart grid roadmap includes five principle areas of research and development, and the test bed site spans an entire province: the island of Jeju.

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pv magazine

31 May 2011

Traveling southward down the Korean peninsula is not unlike moving south along the length of Italy or California. Deciduous forests and snow-dusted mountains gradually settle into sandy beaches and balmy port cities: Naples, San Diego and Busan. If we continue our flyover of Korea past the peninsula’s southern tip, we arrive at a large semi-tropical …

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