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Korea Electric Power Company — power plant portfolio

Korea Electric Power Company operates 11 power plants across 1 country, with a combined installed capacity of 4,574 MW.

11power plants
4,574MW total capacity
1countries
t CO₂/yr (source-labelled)

Fleet by fuel

Hydro: 11 plants11Hydro

Fleet interpretation

Korea Electric Power Company is represented here as an asset portfolio, not just a company label. The visible fleet spans 1 country; the largest concentration is South Korea (11).

The fuel mix by asset count is hydro (11). The largest listed asset is Yangyang in South Korea (1,000 MW), and the mean listed unit size is about 417 MW across units with capacity data.

CO₂ coverage is source-labelled: 0 plants have a reported or modelled CO₂ value in the dataset, including 0 measured records. Missing values remain blank rather than inferred as company totals.

Method: plant-level records are grouped by owner/operator label, then aggregated by country, fuel, capacity and CO₂ provenance.

All 11 plants

PlantFuelCountryMWt CO₂/yr
YangyangHydroSouth Korea1,000
YecheonHydroSouth Korea800
SancheongHydroSouth Korea700
MujuHydroSouth Korea600
SamnangjinHydroSouth Korea600
ChungjuHydroSouth Korea412
Soyang gangHydroSouth Korea200
HapchonHydroSouth Korea100
DaecheongHydroSouth Korea90
ImhaHydroSouth Korea50
Somjingang (Chilbo)HydroSouth Korea35

Ownership & capacity: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). CO₂ is measured for EPA/EU ETS records and modelled for Climate TRACE records.

Frequently asked questions

How many power plants does Korea Electric Power Company operate?

Korea Electric Power Company operates 11 power plants across 1 country, with about 4,574 MW of total capacity.

What is Korea Electric Power Company's largest power plant?

Yangyang in South Korea is its largest at about 1,000 MW.

What types of power plants does Korea Electric Power Company run?

Its fleet is mostly hydro (11).

By Dmytro Aheiev, Inzonex Research · ORCID 0009-0001-5512-0291 · data sources and methodology