I have previously written about two of the DPRK’s registered CDM projects: Hamhung Hydro Power Plant No. 1 and Kumya Hydro Power Plant. I have collected all previous posts on the DPRKs efforts to join the UN’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) here.
After the painful experience of navigating the UN FCC’s CDM web page I discovered that there are three other registered CDM hydropower projects in the DPRK:
Paekdusan Songun Youth Power Statino No. 2
백두산선군청년2호발전소
Pictured Above (Google Earth): The approximate location of the Paekdusan Songun Youth Power Station No. 2
The UN FCC documents on the registration of the power plant can be seen here.
Total installed capacity of the project will be 14 MW, consisting of two sets of 7 MW hydropower turbines and associated generators.
According to the UN documents, the project is expected to be put into operation on January 1, 2014.
The organizations listed on the document are the Namgang Hydropower Construction Complex and Topič Energo s.r.o. (Czech Republic)
Ryesonggang Youth Power Station No. 4
례성강청년4호발전소
Pictured Above (Google Earth): The approximate location of the Ryesonggang Youth Power Station No. 4.
The UN FCC documents on the registration of the power plant can be seen here.
The installed capacity of the project is 10 MW, which consists of 4 sets of generating facilities with a capacity of 2.5 MW each. The project will generate the electricity energy of 40,030 MWh and supply 38,640 MWh to the WPG in a year.
According to the UN documents, the project is expected to be put into operation on December 1, 2012. This facility was last featured on the DPRK evening news on 2012-11-8. See the footage here.
The organizations listed on the document are the Kumchon Electric Power Company and Topič Energo s.r.o. (Czech Republic).
Ryesonggang Youth Power Station No. 5
례성강청년5호발전소
Pictured Above (Google Earth): Construction work on the Ryesonggang Youth Power Station No. 5.
The UN FCC documents on the registration of the power plant can be seen here.
The installed capacity of the project is 10 MW, which consists of 4 sets of generating facilities with a capacity of 2.5 MW each. The project will generate electric energy of 41,150 MWh and supply 40,616 MWh.
Organizations listed in the document include the Kangdong Hydro Power Construction Company and Topič Energo s.r.o. (Czech Republic).
According to the documents, the project is planned to be put into operation on May 1, 2012. The most recent Google Earth satellite imagery is dated Spetember 5, 2011 and the last time the project was featured on North Korean television was November 5, 2011. I am skeptical that the project was finished on time since the opening of the dam has yet to be announced publicly.
Additional information:
The DPRK applied for seven of its hydro power project to be registered with the UNFCC’s CDM program. Five of the seven have been registered. Those that have yet to be registered are the Ryesonggang Hydropower Plant No.3, Wonsan Army-People Hydropower Project No.1.
