Korea Rewrites Who Gets on the Grid: Solar Connects Sooner, but the Project Carries the Curtailment Risk
On 29 September 2026, the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment took its Power Grid Innovation Plan to Cabinet. Two days later, the grid-management substation designation that had frozen new renewable connections across Honam since 2024 was lifted. Under the old rules, a new solar project in Korea’s main solar region could not expect a connection before 2034. For solar developers, that opens the door years early. It also swaps years in the queue for curtailment risk that sits with the project.
October 2026 · KR