South Korea looks to install 1MW in North Korea

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South Korea is hoping to install a 1MW solar array in North Korea, according to a government official.

The project would be built at an inter-Korean factory complex which uses technology from the South and labour from the North.

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It is the first phase of a 20MW renewable energy plan at the site of the factory and talks are already underway, an official from South Korea’s unification ministry told news agency Yanhop.

The South hopes environmental cooperation can help reduce rising tensions amid the threat of fresh nuclear testing by the North.

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