highest coal consumption, and by far the largest number of operational coal power plants in the world.
Datang Tuoketuo power station in China is the largest operational coal power plant in the world. As of 2021, the power station had a capacity of roughly 6.7 gigawatts. Ranking second and third, Taean power station and Dangjin power station had a gross generating capacity of 6.4 and 6.04 gigawatts, respectively. Six out of the ten largest coal power plants in the world are in China. Unsurprisingly, the East Asian country has the Largest operational coal power plants by capacity worldwide as of 2021 (in megawatts)
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Global Energy Monitor. (September 15, 2021). Largest operational coal power plants by capacity worldwide as of 2021 (in megawatts) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 02, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1264024/largest-operational-coal-power-plants-by-capacity-worldwide/
Global Energy Monitor. "Largest operational coal power plants by capacity worldwide as of 2021 (in megawatts)." Chart. September 15, 2021. Statista. Accessed February 02, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1264024/largest-operational-coal-power-plants-by-capacity-worldwide/
Global Energy Monitor. (2021). Largest operational coal power plants by capacity worldwide as of 2021 (in megawatts). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 02, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1264024/largest-operational-coal-power-plants-by-capacity-worldwide/
Global Energy Monitor. "Largest Operational Coal Power Plants by Capacity Worldwide as of 2021 (in Megawatts)." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Sep 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1264024/largest-operational-coal-power-plants-by-capacity-worldwide/
Global Energy Monitor, Largest operational coal power plants by capacity worldwide as of 2021 (in megawatts) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1264024/largest-operational-coal-power-plants-by-capacity-worldwide/ (last visited February 02, 2023)
Largest operational coal power plants by capacity worldwide as of 2021 (in megawatts) [Graph], Global Energy Monitor, September 15, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1264024/largest-operational-coal-power-plants-by-capacity-worldwide/