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Korea Hydro and Nuclear — power plant portfolio

Korea Hydro and Nuclear operates 12 power plants across 1 country, with a combined installed capacity of 23,420 MW.

12power plants
23,420MW total capacity
1countries
t CO₂/yr (source-labelled)

Fleet by fuel

Nuclear: 6 plants6NuclearHydro: 5 plants5HydroSolar: 1 plants1Solar

Fleet interpretation

Korea Hydro and Nuclear is represented here as an asset portfolio, not just a company label. The visible fleet spans 1 country; the largest concentration is South Korea (12).

The fuel mix by asset count is nuclear (6), hydro (5), solar (1). The largest listed asset is Hanbit in South Korea (6,235 MW), and the mean listed unit size is about 1,984 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 12 plants

PlantFuelCountryMWt CO₂/yr
HanbitNuclearSouth Korea6,235
HanulNuclearSouth Korea6,226
Shin-KoriNuclearSouth Korea3,340
WolsongNuclearSouth Korea2,799
KoriNuclearSouth Korea2,773
Shin-WolsongNuclearSouth Korea2,096
PaldangHydroSouth Korea120
HwacheonHydroSouth Korea108
Chan CheonHydroSouth Korea62
UiamHydroSouth Korea48
YonggwangSolarSouth Korea3
GoesanHydroSouth Korea3

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 Hydro and Nuclear operate?

Korea Hydro and Nuclear operates 12 power plants across 1 country, with about 23,420 MW of total capacity.

What is Korea Hydro and Nuclear's largest power plant?

Hanbit in South Korea is its largest at about 6,235 MW.

What types of power plants does Korea Hydro and Nuclear run?

Its fleet is mostly nuclear (6), hydro (5), solar (1).

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