The United States has the largest number of natural gas power stations in the world. As of 2022, there were 987 such power plants in the U.S. Unsurprisingly, this also results in the U.S. housing the greatest gas power capacity of any country, at nearly 530 gigawatts.
Number of natural gas power stations worldwide as of 2022, by country
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