Gimcheon CHP power station

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Gimcheon CHP power station (김천열병합발전소) is an operating power station of at least 60-megawatts (MW) in Gimcheon, North Gyeongsang, South Korea. It is also known as 김천열병합발전소.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Gimcheon CHP power station Gimcheon, North Gyeongsang, South Korea 36.15614, 128.12688 (exact)

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit 1, Unit 2: 36.15614, 128.12688

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology Start year Retired year
Unit 1 operating coal - unknown 30 subcritical 2013
Unit 2 operating coal - unknown 30 subcritical 2013

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner
Unit 1 Gimcheon Energy Service Co Ltd [100.0%]
Unit 2 Gimcheon Energy Service Co Ltd [100.0%]

Background

The Gimcheon industrial complex is considered a hub for logistics and transportation in South Korea. In 2021, it was described as having “complete infrastructure,” including electric power, industrial water, steam from cogeneration plants, city gas, and sewage.[1]

The Gimcheon Combined Heat and Power (CHP) power station has a capacity of 59 megawatts (MW) (or 60 MW by other accounts).[2]

As of 2020, the power station reportedly supplied heat to 12 companies in the industrial complex, including Kolon (지 ​내 코오롱), Yuhan-Kimberly (유한킴벌리), and LG Chem (LG화학등).[3]

Environmental & public health impacts

Gimcheon Energy Service’s plant is responsible for significant fine dust pollution in the region.[4]

In 2019, Gimcheon Energy Service signed a fine dust reduction implementation agreement with the Ministry of Environment and Gyeongsangbuk-do.[3]

In 2020, Kim Chung-seop, the Mayor of Gimcheon City, responded to public concerns with the following (Google translation):

“Gimcheon, a clean energy city, can be reborn as a clean energy city by actively responding to the government policy to reduce the utilization rate of thermal power plants even during the daytime when renewable energy such as solar power is generated, while solving environmental problems caused by the use of fossil energy and converting to new and renewable energy. I will do my best to make it happen.”[3]

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Additional data

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