Boryeong power station

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Boryeong (Poryong) power station (신보령화력) is a 4,000 megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station in Boryeong, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea.

Location of Current Plant

The undated satellite photo below shows the Boryeong power station in South Korea

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Background on Plant

The Boryeong power station consists of 8 coal-fired units of 500 MW each, built from 1983 to 2008, for a combined capacity of 4,000 MW. The scrubbers on Units 3-6 were retrofitted in the late 1990s. It is owned by KOMIPO.

Units 1-2, which are subcritical, were planned for retirement in 2025. In May 2017 President Moon Jae-in said the two units will be shut down by 2022, later moved to 2021.

Project Details

• Sponsor: Korea Midland Power (KOMIPO)
• Location: Boryeong-shi, Chungchengnam-do, South Korea
• Coordinates: 36.4008531, 126.4908314 (exact)
• Status: Operatring
• Gross Capacity: Units 1-8: 500 MW
• Type: Units 1-2: Subcritical; Units 3-8: Supercritical
• Start year: Unit 1: 1983; Unit 2: 1984; Unit 3-5: 1993; Unit 6: 1994; Units 7-8: 2008
• Coal Type: Bituminous/Sub-bituminous
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