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Jinju Landfill Gas

Waste power plant in Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea. Approximate location 35.1195, 128.017.

WasteGyeongsangnam-doSouth Korea

Jinju Landfill Gas is a 15 MW waste power plant in Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 20,648 homes (estimated). It ranks #160 of 204 South Korea power plants by installed capacity. In context, the national grid averages 417 gCO₂/kWh (40.0% low-carbon) (2025).

15MW installed capacity
20,648homes powered (est.)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1029927.

Capacity vs largest waste plants in South Korea

Sudokwon: 50 MW50SudokwonJinju Landfill Gas: 15 MW15Jinju Land…Mokpo: 2 MW2MokpoGwangju: 2 MW2Gwangju

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

Local climate & thermal context

This waste plant recovers energy by combusting municipal or industrial waste. It sits in a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate (Köppen Cwa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 35.1°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

13.0°Cannual mean temp
2,402heating degree-days (base 18°C)
613cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
82 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 0 °CJF: 2 °CFM: 7 °CMA: 13 °CAM: 17 °CMJ: 21 °CJJ: 25 °CJA: 25 °CAS: 21 °CSO: 15 °CON: 8 °CND: 2 °CD25 °C

Heating degree-days here run 2% below 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: 49/100 — 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 #2 largest waste power plant of 4 in South Korea by capacity.

South Korea has 4 waste power plants in this dataset, together about 69 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

Location

Coordinates 35.1195, 128.017 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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