South Korea to Embrace Nuclear and Hydrogen to Cut Emissions

South Korea will focus on nuclear power and hydrogen to reach net zero by the mid-century, according to the country’s vice energy minister, as it struggles to expand solar and wind.

“Every country faces different challenges and, for us, we don’t think relying solely on renewable energy will get us anywhere,” Vice Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Choe Nam-ho said in an interview. Geographical challenges have made it difficult to deploy intermittent generation sources, such as wind and solar, across the country, he said.

Renewables make up less than 10% of the nation’s power mix. The aim is to ...