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Power plants in South Korea

A directory of 204 power plants in South Korea with a combined installed capacity of 128,001 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

204power plants
128,001MW total capacity
11fuel types
92with measured CO₂

Power mix by fuel (South Korea)

Gas: 46 plants46GasHydro: 36 plants36HydroCoal: 29 plants29CoalOther: 28 plants28OtherBiomass: 21 plants21BiomassSolar: 17 plants17SolarWind: 12 plants12WindNuclear: 6 plants6Nuclear

Plant counts by primary fuel, WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

South Korea electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2025)

417gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
40.0%low-carbon electricity
10.4%renewables
60.0%fossil fuels
Coal: 31 % of electricity31CoalNuclear: 30 % of electricity30NuclearGas: 28 % of electricity28GasSolar: 6 % of electricity6SolarBioenergy: 3 % of electricity3BioenergyOil: 1 % of electricity1OilWind: 1 % of electricity1WindHydro: 1 % of electricity1Hydro

Source: Ember / Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).

Largest plants in South Korea

#PlantFuelMW
1HanbitNuclear5,900
2HanulNuclear5,900
3YeongheungCoal5,080
4Boryeong (poryang)Coal4,000
5DangjinCoal4,000
6HadongCoal4,000
7TaeanCoal4,000
8Shin-KoriNuclear3,340
9SamcheonpoCoal3,240
10KoriNuclear3,137
11IncheonGas3,052
12UlsanOil3,000
13WolsongNuclear2,799
14Dangjin Combined Cycle power stationOther2,406
15Goseong Green power stationCoal2,080
16Anin power stationCoal2,080
17Samcheok Green power stationCoal2,044
18Shin Boryeong power stationCoal2,000
19Shin-WolsongNuclear2,000
20KOMIPO IncheonGas1,960

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