26.7% of greenhouse gases were emitted by coal plants.(In 2017)
Renewables are becoming cheaper for 2/3 of the world’s population. In Korea, solar power will become cheaper than coal by 2024.(Reference: Bloomberg, Carbon Tracker)
Coal emits both air pollutants as well as fine dust.
By 2054, about 15,232 people in Korea could die from the air pollutants emitted by domestic coal plants.
planned to be built
on coal for electricity