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6. An island of hopes. One of South Korea's nine provinces, the scenic but isolated
714-square-mile Jeju Province that lies in the Korea Strait, seeks to be " carbon-free " by 2030,
an effort that entails replacing current diesel generation with renewables and a reliance solely
on electric vehicles and a smart grid. Projects are under way to install a 2.5-GW offshore wind
farm-one of the largest in the world-a 300-MW onshore wind farm, and a 100-MW solar
power facility by 2030. South Korea has also tested several smart grid, energy storage, and
electric vehicle charging technologies on the island, including an advanced distribution automation
system, a microgrid operation center, and advanced metering infrastructure. The island also
includes a seawater desalination plant. Courtesy: Jeju Special Self-Governing Province
to equipment and facility upgrading, more substations
are being automated and built indoors
to secure power supply reliability. Meanwhile,
KEPCO also owns the sole distribution network
in the country-a highly efficient one.
Notably, in December 2012, the rate of
power loss in transmission and distribution
was 3.69%-much less than in other countries,
including the U.S., whose losses average
about 7%.
Advanced Technologies. To its credit,
South Korea ranks among the highest in
the world in research and development
spending, and it has over the past few years
pioneered a number of fundamental technologies.
Also highly revered are its efforts
to establish a smart grid throughout the entire
country by 2030 with a more sophisticated
grid and management of power peaks
using automated metering infrastructure and
energy storage systems.
Citing its paucity of natural resources and
lometers. KEPCO is replacing most 66 kV
lines as it carries out the second stage of a
765 kV power transmission link that it says
will serve as the backbone of a 21st-century
smarter system.
A supervisory control and data acquisition
(SCADA) system is used to remotely monitor
and control substation operations. In addition
soaring demands of economic growth, the
government enacted the Smart Grid Act in
2011 and subsequently issued a master plan,
both which have paved the way for institutional
support of smart grids. Notable projects
include a $65 million smart grid pilot
complex on Jeju Island (Figure 6), which
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