Taean Thermal Power Plant
Taean County, South Korea
The 26th largest power station in the world
Taean Thermal Power Station is a large coal-fired power station in Taean County, South Korea, owned by Korean Western Power Co, part of Korea Electric Power Corporation. As the second largest coal plant in the world, it is estimated to have been the coal-fired power plant which emitted the fourth most carbon dioxide in 2018, at 31 million tons, and relative emissions are estimated at 1.5kg per kWh. The government asked the company to voluntarily cut coal-fired generation in 2021, which they did. There is a pilot plant for coal gasification.
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