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Energy Widely Developed in DPRK

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK via Korea News Service (KNS)

   Pyongyang, December 8 (KCNA) -- Activities for developing energy are being undertaken under a far-reaching programme in the DPRK.
    The primary attention is being directed to making best use of water-power resources abundant in the country.
    Recent years have witnessed the construction of large-scale hydroelectric power stations including Thaechon Youth Power Station No. 4 and the Samsu Power Station in different parts of the country. And minor power stations are being extensively built in Jongphyong and Yonsan Counties and other areas where streams flow.
    Efforts are being made to find out various kinds of energy resources and, at the same time, to broaden the renewable energy field from the economic, social and cultural sectors to dwelling houses.
    Some time ago, scientists of the Central Heating Institute under the Ministry of City Management succeeded in developing the materials absorbing the solar heat with metal rich in the country and bio-methane is produced and introduced to rural dwelling houses in the Migok Co-operative Farm of Sariwon City and other areas of the country.
    Wind-driven generators with different capacities are also made and applied so as to fully solve the electricity for home use in rural and mountainous areas. A work for effective use of low-calory and fly-ash coals is being pushed ahead in earnest.
    The country is putting much effort in a scientific research work for raising the energy development to the advanced level.
    Efforts are being made not only to conserve the energy resources to maximum but also to keep survey and tunneling ahead of other works for securing more coal fields in the coal mines throughout the country.