North Korea''s Energy Sector: Civilian Solar Power
In this installment of our series on North Korea''s energy sector, we move away from official and commercial uses of solar and seek to understand the growing use of solar
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In this installment of our series on North Korea's energy sector, we move away from official and commercial uses of solar and seek to understand the growing use of solar power for personal energy consumption in a country where its people still suffer from an unreliable power supply nationwide.
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Jeong-hyeon, a North Korean escapee, told the Financial Times that many residents in Hamhung, the second-most populous city, “relied on a solar panel, a battery and a power generator to light their houses and power their television”. But solar power is still only a partial solution to the country's energy woes.
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