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The Pingshan power station is a large modern
coal-fired power station A coal-fired power station or coal power plant is a thermal power station which burns coal to generate electricity. Worldwide there are about 2,500 coal-fired power stations, on average capable of generating a gigawatt each. They generate ...
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. The power station is divided into two phases with phase one consisting of two 660 MW units, each with scrubbing systems and cooling towers. Phase two has one ultra-supercritical secondary reheat unit with a 1350 MW capacity. This unit is one of the single largest coal units in the world; it also has the world's largest cooling tower with a height of 210 m (689 ft). The engineering and design works for the power station were completed by East China Institute of Energy. The Phase 2 unit has a coal consumption rate of 251g/kWh.


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List of coal power stations The following page lists of the coal-fired power stations (including lignite-fired) that are or larger net capacity, which are operational or under construction. If a station also has units which do not burn coal, only coal-fired capacity is lis ...


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