(MENAFN) As people turned up their heaters amid a harsh cold wave, South Korea's power demand soared to an all-time high on last year up until now.
The electricity demand rose to 82.97 million kilowatts as of yesterday, surpassing the last record of 82.12 million kilowatts set at the beginning of the month.
Basically, a very cold, high pressure system has positioned itself over the Korean Peninsula and is causing the cold wave, thus temperature falling below freezing.
Moreover, the nation currently has the capability to generate 94.79 million kilowatts of power, with the reserve rate standing at an adequate 14.2 percent.
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