Pyeongtaek

Pyeongtaek is a 1,400 MW oil power station in Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea. It is operated by Korea Western Power. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 1,051,200 homes (estimated). It ranks #30 of 204 South Korea power plants by installed capacity. Its measured emissions of 6,221,600 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE) are equivalent to about 1,450,256 cars driven for a year. In context, oil supplies about 1.0% 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 WRI1000197.

6,221,600 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 oil plants in South Korea

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

Owner

Operated by Korea Western Power. All plants by this company →

Local climate & thermal context

This oil plant burns oil or diesel to drive turbines or reciprocating engines. It sits in a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate (Köppen Cwa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 37.0°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 18% 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: 59/100 — 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 oil power plant of 4 in South Korea by capacity.

South Korea has 4 oil power plants in this dataset, together about 4,677 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Hwasung KDHC · Gas · 510 MW · Chungcheongnam-do
• Pyeongtaek · Gas · 1,348 MW · Gyeonggi-do
• Bugok · Gas · 1,503 MW · Chungcheongnam-do
• Bugok Biomass · Biomass · 105 MW · Chungcheongnam-do
• Dangjin Combined Cycle power station · Other · 2,406 MW · Chungcheongnam-do
• Dangjin Bio power station · Biomass · 210 MW · Chungcheongnam-do

Location

Coordinates 37.0041, 126.7946 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.