The Renewable Landscape: A Look at Clean Energy in Asia

Written by Yael Borofsky
Published on August 18th, 2009
2 Comments
Posted in Manufacturing, Solar Energy, Wind Energy

Recently, South Korea boldly asserted its competitiveness in the clean energy race by announcing its five-year plant to invest 2% of its GDP in renewable energy and environment-related industries. This investment will add up to $84.5 billion dollars allocated to growing South Korea’s market share of “green technology” products, which includes clean tech R&D, hybrid cars, and solar batteries.

5. A Wind Farm High up in the Hills


A snap shot of a wind farm taken from a train traveling from Danyang to Jeongdongjin, South Korea. South Korea aims to increase its renewable energy use from 2% to 9%, to mediate sky-high oil prices and compete in the clean tech industry.
Source: Washington Post, RenewableEnergyWorld.com
Image Credit: Yewenyi on Flickr under a Creative Commons License

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2 Responses to “The Renewable Landscape: A Look at Clean Energy in Asia”

  1. Alex Says:
    August 19th, 2009 at 5:38 pm

    That’s great News! It’s about time someone finally decided to put their foot down and do something. Now it will be just a matter of time before people in the US realize that it is a good idea and maybe they will finally do something instead of just sitting around until the last minute.

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