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Largest power plants in North Korea by capacity

The biggest power plants in North Korea ranked by installed capacity (MW). Open data.

#PlantFuelCountryMW
1Pukchang power stationCoalNorth Korea1,600
2SupungHydroNorth Korea700
3East Pyongyang power stationCoalNorth Korea500
4HamhungCoalNorth Korea500
5The March 17th  Power PlantHydroNorth Korea482
6Chongjin City power stationCoalNorth Korea450
7PochonHydroNorth Korea400
8Pyongyang power stationCoalNorth Korea400
9RajinCoalNorth Korea400
10Sunchon power stationCoalNorth Korea400
11UnbongHydroNorth Korea400
12YunfengHydroNorth Korea400
13River ChangjinHydroNorth Korea347
14HuichonHydroNorth Korea300
15Kangge YouthHydroNorth Korea225
16River PujonHydroNorth Korea202
17December (Nampo) power stationCoalNorth Korea200
18Haeju CementCoalNorth Korea200
19River ChongchonCoalNorth Korea200
20SariwonCoalNorth Korea200
21The June 16th Power PlantCoalNorth Korea200
22T'aep'yongmanHydroNorth Korea190
23December 12th Power plantCoalNorth Korea100
24River ChangjaHydroNorth Korea81
25The 5th PuryongHydroNorth Korea36
26The Feburary 8th VinylonCoalNorth Korea29
27River TaedongHydroNorth Korea20
28Hongnam FertilizerCoalNorth Korea18
29NaejungriHydroNorth Korea12
30Anju YouthHydroNorth Korea10
31Chongjin Chemical FiberCoalNorth Korea6

Method: ranked from open data — capacity & fuel from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0); measured CO₂ where reported to US EPA GHGRP, EU ETS or Climate TRACE. Sorted server-side; click any column to re-sort. Company-level data only.