The Ryuwon Shoe Factory (류원신발공장) has one of the largest solar installations in Pyongyang. Across the roofs of every building on site are a total of 1,260 solar panels. The panels were installed in July 2016 in association with researchers from the Natural Energy Research Institute at the State Academy of Sciences.
To put this in perspective, a single solar panel rated at 300 watts (an assumed rating based on mid-market solar panels) in Pyongyang is capable of producing around 1.1 kilowatt hour (kWh) of electricity per day on average, according to the Global Solar Atlas.
Based purely on sunlight, the most suitable areas of North Korea are across the mountain ranges that make up most of the interior of the country. Figure 1. Practical photovoltaic power potential across North Korea. Image: Aditi Sharma/38 North Global Solar Atlas 2.0.
Today, solar can be found on some of North Korea's most important or high-profile civilian factories, outlined below. The factories were chosen for the size of the installation and their notability, usually though consistent mentions in state media reporting.
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