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Dangjin Power Station

Dangjin, South Korea

The 30th largest power station in the world

6.04 GW · Capacity

Dangjin Power Station (Hanja) is a large coal-fired power station in Dangjin, South Korea, owned by Korea East-West Power, part of Korea Electric Power Corporation. Third largest in the world the plant is estimated to have been the coal-fired power plant which emitted the third most carbon dioxide in 2018, at 34 million tons, and relative emissions are estimated at 1.5 kg per kWh. The government asked the company to voluntary cut coal-fired generation in 2021, which they did. Waste water is used for fish farming.

Power station data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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