Coal, which represents about 70% in primary energy mix, is getting inferior in quality and the condition for coal mining is getting more unfavorable. It makes the prospect of ensuring the long-term energy secu-rity of the country gloomy. As the almost whole economy of the country was fueled mainly by coal, it caused chaos in the economy and laid serious hurdles in the road of the development of the country.

In addition to this, DPRK has not discovered its oil yet, and imports petroleum needed for the transporta-tion energy consumption. The flotation of the world oil markets made the energy stability in DPRK even more vulnerable and expensive.
The lack of fossil fuel in the country left no choice but to seek for the new solution for energy.
DPRK is surrounded by sea in three sides and 18% of the total area has more than 4.5 m/s wind resources with wind potential of 4000 MW. Annual average wind speed was reported above 6 m/s for some coastal areas and 8 m/s for high mountainous areas.
Most west seashore of the country covering several million ha of tidal land is suitable for installing large sized wind turbines. The offshore wind resources are good particularly in the west sea of DPRK with wind speed 8-10 m/s from mainly northwest in winter and 5-7 m/s from mainly southwest in summer.

The DPRK government adopted the “Law of Environment” (1986) and “Law of Energy” (1998), where wind resources are nominated as main candidate for renewable energy development and use. As a member of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) signature, the government puts em-phasis on wind generation for its important role in greenhouse gas mitigation and national electricity sup-plement.

DPRK is now framing the new strategy of national wind energy development.