New plant provides half of NKorean capital's power
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}North Korean officials say a massive hydoelectric power plant open two months now can provide half of Pyongyang's energy needs.
But the general manager of the Huichon (HEE' chuhn) No. 2 Power Station says drought has left the river above the dam too low for the plant to reach full capacity.
General Manger Kim Su Gil gave foreign journalists a tour of the power station in Huichon on Thursday. It's North Korea's largest construction project since the 1980s and is expected to be expanded to 12 stations by 2015.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}North Korea suffers a widespread lack of electricity and has turned to hydoelectric power to supplement diminishing supplies of coal.
The plant is in Jagang province about 175 kilometers northwest of the capital.
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