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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.<ref>[http://www.industcards.com/st-coal-korea.htm "Coal-Fired Power Plants in South Korea,"] Industcards, accessed Feb 2015</ref>
Units 1-2, which are subcritical, were planned for retirement in 2025.<ref>[http://www.motie.go.kr/motie/ne/presse/press2/bbs/bbsView.do?bbs_seq_n=158375&bbs_cd_n=81 "30년 이상 노후 석탄발전 10기 폐지,"] motie, 2016-07-06</ref> In May 2017 President Moon Jae-in said the two units will be shut down by 2022.,<ref>[http://english.hankyung.com/photo/2017/05/31/1728401/korea-to-permanently-shut-down-3-old-coal-power-plants-by-years-end "Korea to Permanently Shut down 3 Old Coal Power Plants by Year's End,"] Korea Economic Daily, May 31, 2017</ref> later moved to 2021.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/southkorea-pollution-coal/s-korea-to-close-6-older-coal-fired-power-plants-by-2021-from-planned-2022-idUSL3N27H1EI?rpc=401&fbclid=IwAR0ZTV_tvIVeWNzz0vcmNxfSmlPECuxOMMPrrn17iZkP6-Ckk_9HfgIMhJc "S.Korea to close 6 older coal-fired power plants by 2021, from planned 2022,"] Reuters, Oct 31, 2019</ref>
==Project Details==
*'''Gross Capacity:''' Units 1-8: 500 MW
*'''Type:''' Units 1-2: [[Subcritical]]; Units 3-8: [[Supercritical]]
*'''In serviceStart year:''' Unit 1: 1983; Unit 2: 1984; Unit 3-5: 1993; Unit 6: 1994; Units 7-8: 2008
*'''Coal Type:''' Bituminous/Sub-bituminous
*'''Coal Source:'''
