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South Korea eyes Asian super-grid to support energy transition

The country is backing the concept of a giant super-grid through which it would import renewable power from China underpinned by Russian LNG The country is backing the concept of a giant super-grid through which it would import renewable power from China underpinned by Russian LNG.
By Sally Bogle 1 November 2019 Asia Pacific / Supply & Demand 0 34748
Masayoshi Son, who pioneered the idea of the Asia Super Grid, at a conference in Tokyo in July 2019. (PA)

South Korea has outlined plans to participate in the Asia Super Grid (ASG), a Japanese-led initiative that aims to create a vast, interconnected power network linking the Korean peninsula with China, Mongolia, Russia and Japan.

The concept – which has a proposed capacity of more than 10 GW and an estimated completion date of 2040 – is designed to reduce fossil fuel emissions and boost energy security in Northeast Asia through cooperation on the deployment of large-scale solar, wind and hydropower facilities to supply clean energy...