South Korea seems to have learned a lesson from the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan and has stumbled across a better way to keep homes well lighted and powered on. Instead of building a new nuclear reactor, utility company Korea Electric Power Corp has announced a plan to install Smart Meters across the nation by 2020. These Smart Meters will help people keep tabs on their power consumption and decrease their electricity usage by detecting unnecessary power usage. This could pretty much wipe out the need of having to construct yet another deadly nuclear reactor that was initially planned in the next four years. Part of South Korea’s ambitious Smart Grid program that also seeks to have 2.5 million electric vehicles on the road with a good 27,140 charging stations, about 30% homes are expected to become self-sufficient, making South Korea a greener place to live.

[Inhabitat]