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Power plants in North Korea

A directory of 31 power plants in North Korea with a combined installed capacity of 9,208 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

31power plants
9,208MW total capacity
2fuel types
0with measured CO₂

Power mix by fuel (North Korea)

Coal: 16 plants16CoalHydro: 15 plants15Hydro

Plant counts by primary fuel, WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

North Korea electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2024)

341gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
63.4%low-carbon electricity
63.4%renewables
36.6%fossil fuels
Hydro: 63 % of electricity63HydroCoal: 34 % of electricity34CoalOil: 3 % of electricity3OilSolar: 1 % of electricity1Solar

Source: Ember / Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).

Largest plants in North Korea

#PlantFuelMW
1Pukchang power stationCoal1,600
2SupungHydro700
3East Pyongyang power stationCoal500
4HamhungCoal500
5The March 17th  Power PlantHydro482
6Chongjin City power stationCoal450
7PochonHydro400
8Pyongyang power stationCoal400
9RajinCoal400
10Sunchon power stationCoal400
11UnbongHydro400
12YunfengHydro400
13River ChangjinHydro347
14HuichonHydro300
15Kangge YouthHydro225
16River PujonHydro202
17December (Nampo) power stationCoal200
18Haeju CementCoal200
19River ChongchonCoal200
20SariwonCoal200

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Coal (16)Hydro (15)