Green power:A worker inspecting an electrical switchgear at the windfarm. Renewable energy accounted for only 6.5% of South Korea’s gen-eration in 2019, with nuclear making up the balance. — Bloomberg
THE fishing grounds where Jung Kuenbae and his forbears have caught shrimp, butterfish and croakers for three generations are going to be turned into the world’s largest offshore wind farm. He’s OK with that.
“I initially opposed the idea when the plan was proposed because it will destroy our livelihood, ” said Jung, who leads a group of local fishermen in some 200 ships that drop nets in the waters off the southwestern tip of the Korean peninsula. “But I realised the project is part of the country’s transition to cleaner energy, which is something we have to come to terms with, rather than fighting against it.”
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