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Yangyang hydroelectric plant
Largest grid storage in South Korea of 18 · top 50% worldwide (#477 of 965)
- Owner
- Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) Co Ltd
- Status
- operating
- Capacity
- 1,000 MW
- Technology
- pumped storage
- Commissioned
- 2006
- Also listed as
- A power plant — this site generates as well as stores
Comparable grid storages · South Korea · 18 ranked
- #1Yangyang hydroelectric plant1.0 GW
- #2Yeongyang Pumped Storage hydroelectric plant1.0 GW
- #3Dumusan Pumped Storage hydroelectric plant900 MW
Grid connection · within 50 km
- Nearest substation
- 신양양변전소
- Its voltage
- 345 kV
- Distance
- 1.4 km
Mapped grid infrastructure from OpenStreetMap, whose coverage is excellent in some regions and sparse in others. Nothing shown here means nothing is mappednearby — not that the site is unconnected. Lines are matched on a segment’s midpoint, so a corridor passing directly overhead can be missed; this under-reports rather than invents.
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- Yangyang hydroelectric plant0 m · Power Plant · 1.0 GW · hydro
- 신양양변전소1.4 km · Substation / Converter
- Daehan Yangyang Mine8.3 km · Iron Ore Mine
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SOURCE: Global Energy Monitor · Global Integrated Power, March 2026 (CC BY 4.0)