Samcheok Green power station

Samcheok Green power station is a 2,044 MW coal power station in Gangwon-do, South Korea. It is operated by Korea Southern Power. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 2,557,920 homes (estimated). It ranks #17 of 204 South Korea power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2016, it is around 10 years old — relatively modern. Its measured emissions of 9,178,400 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE) are equivalent to about 2,139,487 cars driven for a year. In context, coal supplies about 31.1% 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 WRI1075821.

9,178,400 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 coal plants in South Korea

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

Owner

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

Local climate & thermal context

This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 37.2°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 1% 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: 50/100 — 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 #9 largest coal power plant of 29 in South Korea by capacity.

South Korea has 29 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 39,821 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Hanul · Nuclear · 5,900 MW · Gangwon-do
• Seokmun power station · Biomass · 39 MW · Gangwon-do
• Samcheok Blue power station · Coal · 1,050 MW · Gangwon-do
• Taebaek Wind park · Wind · 18 MW · Gangwon-do
• Bukpyung power station · Coal · 1,190 MW · Gangwon-do
• Donghae PV · Solar · 1 MW · Gangwon-do

Location

Coordinates 37.186, 129.3418 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.