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Coordinates | 37°03′18″N 126°30′41″E / 37.055109°N 126.511302°E |
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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]
Dangjin Power Station | |
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Coordinates | 37°03′18″N 126°30′41″E / 37.055109°N 126.511302°E |
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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]