Gwangyang steelworks power station

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Gwangyang steelworks power station is an operating power station of at least 284-megawatts (MW) in Gwangyang, Jeollanam-do, South Korea.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Gwangyang steelworks power station Gwangyang, Jeollanam-do, South Korea 34.9318, 127.726052 (approximate)[1]

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Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology CHP Start year Retired year
Unit 1 operating[2][3] industrial by-product - blast furnace gas[2][4] 284[2][3][4] combined cycle[3] 1999[3]

CHP is an abbreviation for Combined Heat and Power. It is a technology that produces electricity and thermal energy at high efficiencies. Coal units track this information in the Captive Use section when known.

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner
Unit 1 POSCO Holdings Inc (POSCO) [100.0%]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20221204121751/https://www.mhi.com/news/1105191431.html. Archived from the original on 04 December 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20220814131019/https://eng.poscoenergy.com/_service/business/generator/gas.asp. Archived from the original on 14 August 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20210924113515/https://poscoenc.com:446/eng/business/business_career.asp?hDEPTH2=2&hDEPTH3=3. Archived from the original on 24 September 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20191228113627/http://eng.poscoenergy.com:80/eng/renew/_service/business/generator/gwangyang_power01.asp. Archived from the original on 28 December 2019. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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