South Korea expects to add more than 10 gigawatts of renewable-energy capacity annually from next year as it works toward 100 GW by 2030, compared with just under 40 GW currently. Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment Kim Sung-whan said solar projects are being prepared nationwide, substantial capacity in the Honam region is awaiting grid connections, and wind development is gaining momentum. The government has addressed solar setback rules, the Renewable Portfolio Standard, community solar income programs and use of existing transmission lines. Kim also said the ministry is reviewing a separate electricity-rate system for AI data centers, which currently use general-use rates, while seeking to prevent their infrastructure costs from being passed to ordinary consumers. He said four semiconductor fabs in the Honam Semiconductor Industrial Complex could receive sufficient water, including reclaimed wastewater from Gwangju. The briefing account contains a date discrepancy, identifying the event as September 1 in one record and October 1 in another.