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Korea Western Power — power plant portfolio

Korea Western Power operates 9 power plants across 1 country, with a combined installed capacity of 12,269 MW. Its plants with asset-level emissions data total 52,491,170 t CO₂/yr.

9power plants
12,269MW total capacity
1countries
52,491,170t CO₂/yr (source-labelled)

Fleet by fuel

Gas: 5 plants5GasHydro: 1 plants1HydroOil: 1 plants1OilSolar: 1 plants1SolarCoal: 1 plants1Coal

Fleet interpretation

Korea Western 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 (9).

The fuel mix by asset count is gas (5), hydro (1), oil (1), solar (1). The largest listed asset is Taean in South Korea (5,946 MW), and the mean listed unit size is about 1,559 MW across units with capacity data.

CO₂ coverage is source-labelled: 5 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 9 plants

PlantFuelCountryMWt CO₂/yr
TaeanCoalSouth Korea5,94629,026,000
SeoincheonGasSouth Korea1,8005,441,800
DongducheonGasSouth Korea1,7163,802,100
PyeongtaekOilSouth Korea1,4006,221,600
PyeongtaekGasSouth Korea1,348
GunsanGasSouth Korea718913,240
CheongsongHydroSouth Korea600
Gimpo CHP power stationGasSouth Korea500
SamryangjinSolarSouth Korea2

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 Western Power operate?

Korea Western Power operates 9 power plants across 1 country, with about 12,269 MW of total capacity.

What is Korea Western Power's largest power plant?

Taean in South Korea is its largest at about 5,946 MW.

What types of power plants does Korea Western Power run?

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

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

Its reporting plants emit about 52,491,170 tonnes of CO₂ per year in this dataset.

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