Nowon Cogen power station

Nowon Cogen power station is a 37 MW biomass power plant in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. It is operated by Seoul Energy Corp. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 50,933 homes (estimated). It ranks #144 of 204 South Korea power plants by installed capacity. In context, biomass supplies about 3.2% 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 CT-5502.

Capacity vs largest biomass plants in South Korea

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

Owner

Operated by Seoul Energy Corp. All plants by this company →

Local climate & thermal context

This biomass plant burns organic material (wood, residues) to raise steam for a turbine. It sits in a monsoon hot-summer continental climate (Köppen Dwa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 37.6°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 16% 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: 58/100 — 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 #8 largest biomass power plant of 21 in South Korea by capacity.

South Korea has 21 biomass power plants in this dataset, together about 844 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Byeollae CHP power station · Other · 129 MW · Gyeonggi-do
• SUN&L power station · Biomass · 16 MW · Seoul
• Hanam CHP power station · Other · 364 MW · Gyeonggi-do
• Seoul power station · Other · 800 MW · Seoul
• Gangnam CHP power station · Biomass · 40 MW · Gyeonggi-do
• Mok-Dong Yangcheon power station · Biomass · 22 MW · Gyeonggi-do

Location

Coordinates 37.6408, 127.058 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.