Eumseong power station — South Korea

Eumseong power station is a 1,122 MW gas power station in Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea. It ranks #39 of 216 South Korea power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 27.9% 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 GOGPT_eumseong_southk.

Data provenance

Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.

capacity: GEM GOGPT; fuel: GEM GOGPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 1,122 MW, Eumseong power station is well above the median gas plant in South Korea (515 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG); Siemens Energy: SST-5000, Siemens Energy: SGT6-9000HL. Its current lifecycle status is “Construction” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Gas plants burn natural gas either in open-cycle turbines for fast peaking, or in combined-cycle units that recover exhaust heat in an HRSG to reach roughly 55–62% efficiency — the cleanest-burning fossil option.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #17 largest gas power plant of 77 in South Korea by capacity.

South Korea has 77 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 58,006 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Goesan · Hydro · 2.8 MW · Chungcheongbuk-do
• Chungju · Hydro · 412 MW · Chungcheongbuk-do
• Gangcheon · Hydro · 5 MW · Gyeonggi-do
• Smart Energy Center (Icheon) power station · Gas · 570 MW · Gyeonggi-do
• Smart Energy Center (Cheongju) power station · Gas · 585 MW · Chungcheongbuk-do
• Cheongju CHP plant · Oil · 58.3 MW · Chungcheongbuk-do

Location

Coordinates 36.941815, 127.654621 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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