Hwasung power station

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Hwasung power station (화성열병합) is an operating power station of at least 512-megawatts (MW) in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. It is also known as Hwaseong.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Hwasung power station Hwaseong, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea 37.2155, 127.0778 (approximate)[1][2]

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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[3][4] fossil gas - LNG[5] 512.3[6][4] combined cycle[3] 2008[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 Korea District Heating Corp (KDHC) [100.0%]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20210309190854/https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ungc-production/attachments/13418/original/sustainability_report_eng_2010.pdf?1323937099. Archived from the original (PDF) on 09 March 2021. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20230327020429/https://climateanalytics.org/media/clean_power_in_south_korea.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 March 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20220118080945/https://www.power-technology.com/marketdata/hwaseong-combined-heat-power-plant-south-korea/. Archived from the original on 18 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220629092538/https://www.kdhec.com/file/KDHEC2016_brochure_Eg.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 June 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20220525074348/https://www.lnews.jp/backnumber/2005/03/15214.html. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20210308231234/https://www.nsenergybusiness.com/news/newsmps-round-up-of-contract-awards/. Archived from the original on 08 March 2021. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)

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