Taebaek Wind park

Taebaek Wind park is a 18 MW wind power plant in Gangwon-do, South Korea. It is operated by Taebaek Wind Park. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 15,317 homes (estimated). It ranks #156 of 204 South Korea power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, wind supplies about 0.6% 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 WRI1029936.

Capacity vs largest wind plants in South Korea

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

Owner

Operated by Taebaek Wind Park.

Local climate & thermal context

This wind plant converts the kinetic energy of wind into electricity through turbine rotors. It sits in a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 37.3°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 35% 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: 72/100 — 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 #10 largest wind power plant of 12 in South Korea by capacity.

South Korea has 12 wind power plants in this dataset, together about 401 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Samcheok Blue power station · Coal · 1,050 MW · Gangwon-do
• Bukpyung power station · Coal · 1,190 MW · Gangwon-do
• Donghae PV · Solar · 1 MW · Gangwon-do
• Donghae power station · Coal · 400 MW · Gangwon-do
• Samcheok Green power station · Coal · 2,044 MW · Gangwon-do
• Seokmun power station · Biomass · 39 MW · Gangwon-do

Location

Coordinates 37.3437, 129.0018 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.