Proportion of renewable energy reaches a record high of 7 percent of total power generation in Q1

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In the first quarter this year, renewable energy made up a record-high proportion of South Korea's total power generation... at seven-and-a-half percent. According to Korea Electric Power Corporation, renewable was up 2 percentage points from a year before. The government's been trying to get rid of coal-fired power plants in favor of more eco-friendly sources. Coal accounted for almost 40 percent, a decline of 5 percent from a year earlier. LNG was down too, by 3 percent, to 26 percent of the total. The governent aims to get renewables up to 20 percent by 2030.