Biomass power plant in Gangwon-do, South Korea. Approximate location 36.986, 129.1458.
BiomassGangwon-doSouth Korea
Seokmun power station is a 39 MW biomass power plant in Gangwon-do, South Korea. It is operated by Seokmun Energy Co Ltd. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 53,686 homes (estimated). It ranks #142 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-5504.
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Seokmun Energy Co Ltd.
This biomass plant burns organic material (wood, residues) to raise steam for a turbine. It sits in a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) — 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 27% 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: 66/100 — 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.
The #7 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.
Coordinates 36.986, 129.1458 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
