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Korea Southern Power — power plant portfolio

Korea Southern Power operates 12 power plants across 1 country, with a combined installed capacity of 12,952 MW. Its plants with asset-level emissions data total 31,516,560 t CO₂/yr.

12power plants
12,952MW total capacity
1countries
31,516,560t CO₂/yr (source-labelled)

Fleet by fuel

Gas: 5 plants5GasCoal: 3 plants3CoalHydro: 1 plants1HydroWind: 1 plants1Wind

Fleet interpretation

Korea Southern Power 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 gas (5), coal (3), hydro (1), wind (1). The largest listed asset is Hadong in South Korea (4,000 MW), and the mean listed unit size is about 1,091 MW across units with capacity data.

CO₂ coverage is source-labelled: 9 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
HadongCoalSouth Korea4,00015,484,000
Samcheok Green power stationCoalSouth Korea2,0449,178,400
Busan (pusan)GasSouth Korea1,8002,328,500
ShinincheonGasSouth Korea1,800
YeongwolGasSouth Korea8481,317,520
Shinsejong power stationGasSouth Korea6301,089,700
CheongpyeongHydroSouth Korea540
Namjeju Power ComplexGasSouth Korea488438,030
Andong power stationGasSouth Korea417721,270
YeongnamCoalSouth Korea400823,300
Hallim Complex power stationGasSouth Korea105135,840
SungsanWindSouth Korea20

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 Southern Power operate?

Korea Southern Power operates 12 power plants across 1 country, with about 12,952 MW of total capacity.

What is Korea Southern Power's largest power plant?

Hadong in South Korea is its largest at about 4,000 MW.

What types of power plants does Korea Southern Power run?

Its fleet is mostly gas (5), coal (3), hydro (1).

How much CO₂ do Korea Southern Power's plants emit?

Its reporting plants emit about 31,516,560 tonnes of CO₂ per year in this dataset.

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