Dangjin Power Station (Korean: 당진화력발전소; Hanja: 唐津火力發電所) is a large coal-fired power station in Dangjin, South Korea, owned by Korea East-West Power, part of Korea Electric Power Corporation.[1] Third largest in the world[2] 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.[3] The government asked the company to voluntary cut coal-fired generation in 2021, which they did.[4] Waste water is used for fish farming.[5]
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| Coordinates | 37°03′18″N 126°30′41″E / 37.055109°N 126.511302°E |
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- ^ "KOREA EAST-WEST POWER". ewp.co.kr. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
- ^ "Profiling the top five biggest coal power plants in the world". Retrieved 2021-10-04.
- ^ Grant, Don; Zelinka, David; Mitova, Stefania (2021). "Reducing CO2 emissions by targeting the world's hyper-polluting power plants". Environmental Research Letters. 16 (9): 094022. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ac13f1. ISSN 1748-9326.
- ^ "Voluntary caps to trim South Korean coal burn in 2021". www.argusmedia.com. 2021-04-27. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
- ^ Bizwire, Korea. "Smart Aquafarm Using Hot Wastewater from Thermal Power Plant Opens". Be Korea-savvy. Retrieved 2021-07-25.