South Korean Village Fully Powered by the Sun
May 12, 2008
There’s a village on the island of Jeju-do in South Korea that relies completely on solar energy to light and power its buildings.
The village of Donggwang is small (40 homes), yet its environmental non-impact is huge. In 2004, the South Korean government covered 70 percent of the installation costs to place solar photovoltaic panels on the roofs of all the homes, schools, and other buildings in the village. Now the sun supplies 100 percent of the village’s electricity needs.
Treehugger.com picked up on the blog originally posted on Ecoworthy.com over the weekend. The author does not say why the Korean government offered to cover 70 percent of Donggwang’s installation costs. Videos on YouTube depict Jeju-do as a beautiful and lush semi-tropical island that tourist websites call a lovely vacation and popular honeymoon destination.
Now all us solar fanatics have another reason to visit!
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