According to Radio Free Asia:
The engineer [source], from North Hamgyong province, said that North Korean authorities had held negotiations for electricity supply with China “four times since May” in a bid to secure the power it needs to buoy its failing economy, but had “not achieved meaningful success.”
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According to the electrical engineer, North Korea is more than 16 million kilowatts short of the annual electricity production it needs to adequately supply the country—unable to meet about 80 percent of its needs.
“North Korea generates only 3.6 million kilowatts per year on average and it needs 20 million kilowatts to solve the electricity shortage,” he said.
Some 13 million kilowatts are needed to operate the country’s factories, institutes, and hospitals, he said, while around 7 million kilowatts are needed to supply the country’s educational and cultural facilities, as well as the population’s personal needs.
He said that at the current capacity it is “impossible” to improve the country’s economy.
The DPRK has disclosed energy production numbers here. Take them for what they are worth.
Here are previous posts on energy, electricity.
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North Korea Seeking Electricity Supply from China
Radio Free Asia
2013-10-21
