hydro-north-korea

Hydroelectric Power Plants in North Korea


Anbyon Youth-1 Location: Kangwon-do Operator: Ministry of Electric Power Industry Configuration: 100 MW Operation: 2000 T/G supplier: ?? EPC: DPRK People's Army Quick facts: Originally named Kumgangsan, the Anbyon hydropower complex was designed to genrate 800 MW. Consotruction apparently started in 1986 and it was initially expected to complete in 1993. Headwaters from the North Han, Injin and Komitan rivers woudl collect in four reervoirs and be piped through seven tunnels to the powerhouse. The final edesign is obscure. Reportedly the project began operations in 1996 at 200 MW, or perhaps 100 MW. By other accounts, the frst two stations were completed in 2000. Photograph courtesy of naenara.com.kp Posted 27 Feb 2013	Anbyon Youth-2 Location: Kangwon-do Operator: Ministry of Electric Power Industry Configuration: 100 MW Operation: 2000 T/G supplier: ?? EPC: DPRK People's Army Photograph courtesy of naenara.com.kp Posted 27 Feb 2013	Huichon-1 Location: Chagang-do Operator: Ministry of Electric Power Industry Configuration: 3 X 50 MW Operation: 2012 T/G supplier: ?? EPC: DPRK People's Army Photograph courtesy of www.uriminzokkiri.com Posted 24 Feb 2013

Huichon-2 Location: Chagang-do Operator: Ministry of Electric Power Industry Configuration: 3 X 100 MW Operation: 2012 T/G supplier: ?? EPC: DPRK People's Army Quick facts: This project reportedly originally started construction in 2001 but was accelerated in Mar 2009 after direct intervention of Kim Jong Il,. It was completed in Apr 2012 and is dedicated to electricity supply for Pyongyang. via 230km transmission tie-line. Photograph courtesy of www.uriminzokkiri.com Posted 24 Feb 2013		Supung Dam Location: Pyongan-bukto Operator: Korea-China Hydroelectric Co Configuration: 6 X 105 MW Francis Operation: 1944-1955 T/G supplier: Toshiba, Siemens, LMZ, Electrosila EPC: Noguchi Quick facts: This is one of the larger hydroelectric dams in Asia at 100m high and over 850m long. The site is on the Yalu River upstream of Sinuiju, North Korea, and Dandong, China. The facility was designed by Japanese authorities in Manchukuo and the Japanese administration in Korea to supply power for regional industrial development in Manchuria and northern Korea. Construction started in 1937. The Supung Reservoir is 30km long. After World War II, Soviet forces occupied the area and dismantled much of the generating equipment for transport to the Soviet Union. The equipment was restored and the plant extended in the mid-1950s with aid from China, the Soviet Union, and European countries. Plant output is shared between China and North Korea. Photograph courtesy of Yuri Vanin Posted 2 Feb 2008

Data: industcards, Platts UDI World Electric Power Plants Data Base

Updated 27-Feb-2013