{"id":42217,"date":"2019-09-20T18:30:22","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T09:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=42217"},"modified":"2026-04-05T15:38:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T06:38:17","slug":"north-korea-forges-ahead-wind-energy-schemes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-forges-ahead-wind-energy-schemes\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea forges ahead with wind energy schemes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korean workers are being mobilized to expand wind energy in the country, Daily NK sources reported on Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWorkers are being forced to participate in an electricity production project focused on wind-powered energy by a people\u2019s committee in South Pyongan Province,\u201d a South Pyongan Province-based source told Daily NK. \u201cThe project has not been successful due to issues involving the installation of wind-powered generators. Workers and engineers involved in the project are suffering a lot.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korean leader Kim Jong Un emphasized the need to resolve the country\u2019s electricity problems through wind energy during his <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncnk.org\/resources\/publications\/kimjongun_2019_newyearaddress.pdf\/file_view\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New Year\u2019s Address<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in January. State officials have since emphasized the development of diverse sources of energy that are compatible with the characteristics of each region of the country.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Rodong Sinmun, among other state-run media outlets, has also placed a focus on wind power as an \u201cenergy source with the greatest development potential,\u201d further noting that it is \u201can energy source with huge potential that does not run out nor destroy the natural environment.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In parallel with the praise heaped upon wind power and other sources of \u201cnatural energy\u201d to resolve the country\u2019s electricity problems, the Rodong Sinmun has also placed emphasis on &#8220;self-sufficiency\u201d to achieve the country&#8217;s electricity-related goals. In short, the North Korean state is telling its people to come up with their own plans to create wind power energy sources with a view to resolve electricity shortages.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Workers\u2019 Party of Korea (WPK) has explicitly ordered officials to \u201ccreate wind power generators modeled on alternate current (AC) generators.\u201d The lack of copper wire and other basic materials required to create the generators, along with a shortage of expertise, however, has rendered it virtually impossible for engineers and other workers to meet the party\u2019s demands.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cA large number of wind-powered generators need to be built to bring electricity to the people, but there\u2019s a lack of money [to build them],\u201d another Daily NK source said. \u201cThere are also no materials and a host of engineering problems, so the party\u2019s order is not really being carried out.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korean officials have also ordered workers in the country to guarantee that each wind-powered generator creates an average of 30,000 kilowatts of energy per year. Workers have complained that the state\u2019s demands are ridiculous.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some are also pointing out that the costs for producing wind power is more expensive than hydroelectric or thermal energy, and also that North Korea does not have infrastructure that can handle the distribution of energy produced by wind.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korean officials, however, continue to emphasize \u201cself-sufficiency\u201d to the population. A commentary in the September 17 issue of the Rodong Sinmun entitled \u201cSelf-sufficiency is the Lifeline of Our Style of Socialism\u201d announced that \u201c[We] can achieve political and ideological unification and solidarity only through our own strength, and can build our economic and national defensive power only through our own efforts.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSelf-sufficiency is the absolute core of national development,\u201d the article continued, adding that it is \u201cour strongest sword to ensure we can firmly guarantee our style of socialism and the autonomous development of our country and people.\u201d The article goes on to further emphasize self-sufficiency claiming that it is the \u201cbest way to quickly build a socialist and strong country\u201d and is \u201ca forever-lasting lifeline that can firmly guarantee the happiness of later generations.\u201d The article further adds that self-sufficiency is the \u201cbest guarantee for development and prosperity of the Republic.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The article concludes by saying that \u201cAll state and party officials, along with the workers, must understand that self-sufficiency is the only way for us to survive, and do their best in today\u2019s revolutionary great march forward with the deepest understanding that it is the only path to progress.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@gmail.com.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korean workers are being mobilized to expand wind energy in the country, Daily NK sources reported on Tuesday. \u201cWorkers are being forced to participate in an electricity production project focused on wind-powered energy by a people\u2019s committee in South Pyongan Province,\u201d a South Pyongan Province-based source told Daily NK. \u201cThe project has not been 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