Yoesu Lotte — South Korea

Yoesu Lotte is a 80 MW gas power plant in Jeollanam-do, South Korea. It ranks #140 of 216 South Korea power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 27.9% 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 WRI1029906.

Data provenance

Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.

capacity: WRI GPPD; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 80 MW, Yoesu Lotte is below the median gas plant in South Korea (515 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG). Its current lifecycle status is “Announced” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Gas plants burn natural gas either in open-cycle turbines for fast peaking, or in combined-cycle units that recover exhaust heat in an HRSG to reach roughly 55–62% efficiency — the cleanest-burning fossil option.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #76 largest gas power plant of 77 in South Korea by capacity.

South Korea has 77 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 58,006 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Yeosu · Coal · 679 MW · Jeollanam-do
• Yosu Plant-1 power station · Coal · 140.1 MW · Jeollanam-do
• Yeosu Hanwha power station · Coal · 250 MW · Jeollanam-do
• Honam · Coal · 500 MW · Jeollanam-do
• Kumho Yeosu CHP power station · Coal · 264 MW · Jeollanam-do
• Gwangyang POSCO · Gas · 500 MW · Jeollanam-do

Location

Coordinates 34.8414, 127.6929 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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