Boryeong Hydro Unit

Boryeong Hydro Unit is a 8 MW hydro power plant in Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea. It is operated by Korea Midland Power (KOMPIO). Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 7,508 homes (estimated). It ranks #172 of 204 South Korea power plants by installed capacity. Its measured emissions of 15,442,000 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE) are equivalent to about 3,599,534 cars driven for a year. In context, hydro supplies about 0.6% of South Korea's electricity; the national grid averages 417 gCO₂/kWh (40.0% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1029862.

15,442,000 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; emissions reported to Climate TRACE.

Capacity vs largest hydro plants in South Korea

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Korea Midland Power (KOMPIO).

Local climate & thermal context

This hydro plant converts the energy of falling or flowing water through hydro turbines. It sits in a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 36.4°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

Monthly mean temperature

Heating degree-days here run 10% above the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 55/100 — this site sits in the mid third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #19 largest hydro power plant of 36 in South Korea by capacity.

South Korea has 36 hydro power plants in this dataset, together about 6,063 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Boryeong (poryang) · Coal · 4,000 MW · Chungcheongnam-do
• Boryeong (CC) · Gas · 1,800 MW · Chungcheongnam-do
• Shin Boryeong power station · Coal · 2,000 MW · Chungcheongnam-do
• LG Solar Taean PV · Solar · 12 MW · Chungcheongnam-do
• Seocheon · Coal · 400 MW · Chungcheongnam-do
• Naepo Green Energy power station · Other · 500 MW · Chungcheongnam-do

Location

Coordinates 36.3995, 126.487 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.