Pocheon power station

Pocheon power station is a 1,450 MW other power station in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. It is operated by Pocheon Power Co Ltd. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 1,088,742 homes (estimated). It ranks #29 of 204 South Korea power plants by installed capacity. Its measured emissions of 3,010,100 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE) are equivalent to about 701,655 cars driven for a year. In context, 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-5413.

3,010,100 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 other plants in South Korea

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

Owner

Operated by Pocheon Power Co Ltd.

Local climate & thermal context

This other plant generates electricity for the grid. It sits in a monsoon hot-summer continental climate (Köppen Dwa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 38.0°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 34% 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: 71/100 — this site sits in the top 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 other power plant of 28 in South Korea by capacity.

South Korea has 28 other power plants in this dataset, together about 14,212 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Pocheon · Gas · 1,560 MW · Gyeonggi-do
• GS Pocheon power station · Coal · 170 MW · Gyeonggi-do
• Dongducheon · Gas · 1,900 MW · Gyeonggi-do
• Yangju CHP power station · Other · 524 MW · Gyeonggi-do
• Byeollae CHP power station · Other · 129 MW · Gyeonggi-do
• Cheongpyeong · Hydro · 400 MW · Gyeonggi-do

Location

Coordinates 37.9899, 127.1657 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.