Hadong Power Plant

Hadong Power Plant
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location
South Korea
Coordinates	34 ° 57 '9 "  N , 127 ° 49' 14"  E Coordinates: 34 ° 57 '9 "  N , 127 ° 49' 14"  E
country	South Korea
Waters	Yellow Sea (cooling with sea water)
Data
Type	Thermal power plant
Primary energy	Fossil energy
fuel	coal
power	4 GW
owner	KEPCO
operator	KOSPO
Project start	1992
Start of operations	1997

The power plant Hadong is a coal power plant in South Korea , which the Yellow Sea km east, about 10 of the city of Gwangyang , district Hadong , Province Gyeongsangnam-do is located. With an installed capacity of 4  GW , it is one of the most powerful coal-fired power plants in South Korea.

The power plant serves to cover the base load . It is owned by Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) but is operated by Korea Southern Power Co., Ltd. (KOSPO) operated. The contract for the first two blocks was awarded in 1992; construction began in September 1993.

Power plant units

The power plant currently consists of eight blocks. The following table gives an overview:

block	Max. Power (MW)	Start of operation	turbine	generator	Steam boiler
1	500	07.1997	Doosan		Doosan
2	500	11.1997	Doosan		Doosan
3	500	12.1998	Doosan		Doosan
4th	500	12.1998	Doosan		Doosan
5	500	07.2000	Doosan		Doosan
6th	500	09.2001	Doosan	Doosan	Doosan
7th	500	03.2009	Doosan	Doosan	Doosan
8th	500	03.2009	Doosan	Doosan	Doosan

The chimneys of the first six blocks are each 150 m high.

Others

The cost of the first six blocks was more than $ 4 billion .

See also

• List of power plants in South Korea
• List of major carbon dioxide emitters

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Hadong Coal Power Plant South Korea. Global Energy Observatory, accessed February 15, 2020 . 
2. ^ ^{A b} Hadong Coal-Fired Power Plant. Power Technology, accessed February 15, 2020 . 
3. ^ Thermal power. KEPCO , accessed February 16, 2020 . 
4. ^ Hadong power station. www.hadek.com, accessed on February 16, 2020 (English).