Energy in South Korea
When it comes to Energy in South Korea, the Refined petroleum products exports is whereas, the Refined petroleum products imports is .
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| Energy consumption per capita | |
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| Total emissions | 644.231 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.) |
| From coal and metallurgical coke | 275.411 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.) |
| From petroleum and other liquids | 248.599 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.) |
| From consumed natural gas | 120.222 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.) |
| Electricity | |
| Installed generating capacity | 151.139 million kW (2023 est.) |
| Consumption | 575.359 billion kWh (2023 est.) |
| Transmission/distribution losses | 19.688 billion kWh (2023 est.) |
| Electricity access | |
| Electrification - total population | 100% (2022 est.) |
| Electricity generation sources | |
| Fossil fuels | 61.5% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) |
| Nuclear | 30.3% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) |
| Solar | 5.3% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) |
| Wind | 0.6% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) |
| Hydroelectricity | 0.4% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) |
| Tide and wave | 0.1% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) |
| Biomass and waste | 1.8% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) |
| Coal | |
| Production | 16.081 million metric tons (2023 est.) |
| Consumption | 136.817 million metric tons (2023 est.) |
| Exports | 500 metric tons (2023 est.) |
| Imports | 122.845 million metric tons (2023 est.) |
| Proven reserves | 326 million metric tons (2023 est.) |
| Petroleum | |
| Total petroleum production | 38,000 bbl/day (2023 est.) |
| Refined petroleum consumption | 2.542 million bbl/day (2024 est.) |
| Refined petroleum products - production | |
| Refined petroleum products - exports | |
| Refined petroleum products - imports | |
| Natural gas | |
| Production | 55.127 million cubic meters (2021 est.) |
| Consumption | 57.314 billion cubic meters (2023 est.) |
| Exports | 93.639 million cubic meters (2022 est.) |
| Imports | 60.025 billion cubic meters (2023 est.) |
| Proven reserves | 7.079 billion cubic meters (2021 est.) |
| Carbon dioxide emissions | |
| Total emissions | 644.231 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.) |
| From coal and metallurgical coke | 275.411 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.) |
| From petroleum and other liquids | 248.599 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.) |
| From consumed natural gas | 120.222 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.) |
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South Korea Factbook
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