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South Korea in grip of power crisis

2013-08-13 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Agence France-Presse: South Korea ordered government offices to turn off their air conditioning as two power plants shut down Monday, a day after a minister warned of an imminent national energy crisis. The Dangjin III plant, with a capacity of 500,000 kw, was taken offline by mechanical issues and will likely remain shut for a week, a spokesman for the state power distributor Korea Power Exchange said. Technical problems also shut down the nearby Seocheon power plant Monday morning. Although operations resumed...

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