Gas power plant in Jeollabuk-do, South Korea. Approximate location 35.9836, 126.7307.
GasJeollabuk-doSouth KoreaCO₂ reported
Gunsan is a 719 MW gas power station in Jeollabuk-do, South Korea. It is operated by Korea Western Power. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 809,799 homes (estimated). It ranks #51 of 204 South Korea power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2010, it is around 16 years old — relatively modern. Its measured emissions of 913,240 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE) are equivalent to about 212,876 cars driven for a year. 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 WRI1000200.
This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:
Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; emissions reported to Climate TRACE.
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Korea Western Power. All plants by this company →
This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 36.0°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 2% 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: 51/100 — 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.
A gas turbine here also runs ~0% below its ISO (15°C) rating at this annual mean (typical CCGT curve, estimate).
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.
The #22 largest gas power plant of 46 in South Korea by capacity.
South Korea has 46 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 38,423 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 35.9836, 126.7307 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
