South Korea will revise grid-connection rules to accommodate 171 gigawatts (GW) of renewable-generation capacity by 2030, up from 119 GW, as congested networks restrict solar and wind development. New solar plants in Honam and parts of Chungcheong will be able to connect from October 1 even where distribution capacity is nominally full, provided output is curtailed during periods of surplus generation. The Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment presented the measures at a Cabinet meeting presided over by President Lee Jae-myung on the 29th. The plan raises connection limits for ordinary distribution lines to 16 megawatts (MW) from 14 MW and for transformers to 60 MW from 50 MW, while expanding energy storage systems linked to substations and the grid. It also targets unused connection rights held by offshore wind developers in Honam, where 15.8 GW of rights are held through 2030 but only about 3 GW is expected to be used. The government intends to redistribute about 10 GW of those rights and, from 2031, allocate connections above physical capacity based on the 67.2% rate at which permitted renewable projects proceed.