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coal-fired power stations
A coal-fired power station or coal power plant is a thermal power station which burns coal to generate electricity. Worldwide, there are about 8,500 coal-fired power stations totaling over 2,000 gigawatts capacity. They generate about a th ...
(including lignite
Lignite, often referred to as brown coal, is a soft, brown, combustible, sedimentary rock formed from naturally compressed peat. It has a carbon content around 25–35%, and is considered the lowest rank of coal due to its relatively low heat ...
-fired) that are or larger current net capacity, which are currently operational or under construction. If a station also has units which do not burn coal, only coal-fired capacity is listed. Those power stations that are smaller than , and those that are only at a planning/proposal stage may be found in regional lists, listed at the end of the page.
Coal power stations
See also
*List of least carbon efficient power stations
This is a list of least carbon efficient power stations in selected countries. Lists were created by the WWF and lists the most polluting power stations in terms of the level of carbon dioxide produced per unit of electricity generated. In genera ...
*List of coal-fired power stations in the United States
This is a list of the operational coal-fired power stations in the United States.
Coal generated 23% of electricity in the United States in 2021, an amount similar to that from renewable energy or nuclear power, but about half of that gen ...
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