Energy Developed under Long-term Plan
Korean Central News Agency of DPRK via Korea News Service (KNS)
Pyongyang, February 5 (KCNA) -- Energy is being developed under a long-term plan in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Kim Kyong Bong, director of the Natural Energy Development and Utilization Center under the State Academy of Sciences, told KCNA that the energy development has been conducted in a far-sighted way according to the actual conditions, and its vista is bright.
Successes are being made in researches into and the work of prospecting more energy resources rich in the country.
A nation-wide effort has been bent to making best use of hydraulic power.
In recent years, dams of the Samsu Power Station and Nyongwon Power Station have been built and large hydro-power stations are under construction in various parts of the country, the prospect of which is also good.
Brisk is the construction of minor power stations are built in Jongphyong and Yonsa Counties and other areas with streams.
Priority is being given to geological prospecting and tunneling for securing more coal fields, so as to decisively ease the strain on power.
Solar hothouses built in institutions, industrial establishments and rural areas are paying off.
Bio-methane has found its way to rural dwelling houses in the Migok Co-op Farm in Sariwon City, North Hwanghae Province and other areas.
Wind-driven generators of various capacities are being manufactured and introduced to houses in rural and mountainous areas and efforts are being exerted to make an effective use of low-calorie coal and fly-ash.
Meanwhile, scientific research has been pushed ahead to widely use natural energies including solar, biological and tidal powers.
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