Yonghungdo Power Station

{{Short description|Korean power station}}

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Yonghungdo Power Station (also called Yeongheung power station) is a large coal-fired power station on Yonghungdo Island near Inchon, South Korea, owned by Korea Electric Power Corporation.{{Cite web|title=The Yonghungdo Power Plant Project, South Korea - Power Technology {{!}} Energy News and Market Analysis|url=https://www.power-technology.com/projects/yonghungdo/|access-date=2021-07-25|website=www.power-technology.com|language=en-GB}} The plant is estimated to have been the coal-fired power plant which emitted the ninth most carbon dioxide in 2018, at 27 million tons, and relative emissions are estimated at 1.5 kg per kWh.{{Cite journal|last1=Grant|first1=Don|last2=Zelinka|first2=David|last3=Mitova|first3=Stefania|date=2021|title=Reducing CO2 emissions by targeting the world's hyper-polluting power plants|journal=Environmental Research Letters|volume=16 |issue=9 |page=094022 |language=en|doi=10.1088/1748-9326/ac13f1|issn=1748-9326|doi-access=free}} Conversion to gas is being considered.{{Cite web|date=2020-05-11|title=S Korea to convert half of existing coal fleet to gas|url=https://www.argusmedia.com/en/news/2104174-s-korea-to-convert-half-of-existing-coal-fleet-to-gas|access-date=2021-07-25|website=www.argusmedia.com|language=en}}