Sunday, January 9, 2011

Korea's Electricity Consumption Peaks

Anyone living in South Korea this winter might be thinking about how cold it has been these last two weeks.  Usually it heats up enough during the day for the ice on the sidewalks to melt a little, but temperatures have been staying low even during the day this past week.  This has caused electricity consumption to reach an all time high.

Frigid temperatures and rising thermostats pushed Korea’s electricity consumption to an all-time high yesterday, recording 71.4 million kilowatts, according to the Knowledge Economy Ministry. 
The country’s reserve power volume stood at 4.5 million kilowatts, or 6.3 percent of supply. The previous record was reached last month when power demand reached 71.3 million kilowatts. 
“The surge in energy demand is due to an increase in heating consumption led by the frigid weather,” the ministry said in a release, noting that electric heaters and electric blankets take up an average of 24 percent of the country’s total energy use. 
Seoul’s temperature fell to minus 11 degrees Celsius yesterday.
“The high power demand is also due to increased industrial electricity use, which has been boosted by a steady economic recovery,” the ministry said. Industrial power demand from January to November last year increased 12.5 percent on-year.
The ministry expects Korea’s electricity consumption will reach as much as 72.5 million kilowatts in mid-January.
“We will secure maximum electricity reserves as well as promote energy-saving measures by advising firms and families to reduce the indoor temperature to less than 20 degrees Celsius,” the ministry said, noting that by lowering the temperature by 3 degrees Celsius, 1.8 trillion won worth of electricity can be saved. 
The ministry also advises people to use the stairs instead of taking elevators when moving less than four floors and turn off lights of unoccupied rooms.
Korea could save a lot of money and energy by insulating homes and making schools more energy efficient.  Koreans heat their homes, schools, and businesses and then keep their windows open all year round because they need "fresh" air.  Korea in very few buildings has central ventilation and their homes and schools do get stuffy as a result, but they then bleed a lot of heat and energy when they open the windows.

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