global coal electricity generation.
China has the greatest number of coal-fired power stations of any country or territory in the world. As of July 2022, there were 1,118 operational coal power plants on the Chinese Mainland. This was nearly four times the number of such power stations in India, which ranked second. China accounts for over 50 percent of total Number of operational coal power plants worldwide as of July 2022, by country/territory
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Statistics on Coal energy worldwide
Overview
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Capacity
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- Basic Statistic Global installed coal generation capacity outlook 2020-2050
- Basic Statistic Installed global coal power plant capacity in select countries 2022
- Basic Statistic Global operational coal-fired power stations by country 2022
- Basic Statistic Combustion types of operational global coal power stations by plant age 2022
- Basic Statistic Global capacity of proposed coal power plants by status 2014-2021
Production
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Consumption
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- Premium Statistic Global coal consumption 1998-2021
- Basic Statistic Global coal consumption change by region 2020
- Basic Statistic Global coal power generation year-on-year change due to COVID-19 lockdowns by country
- Premium Statistic Global coal consumption in short tons by country 2020
- Premium Statistic Global support for coal expansion 2019/20, by country
Prices
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Market
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- U.S. renewable power exceeding coal power 2019 & 2020
- U.S. capacity of coal facility retirements 2008-2022
- Global capacity of coal power plants 2000-2019
- Coal-fired power capacity Spain 2010-2022
- U.S. coal-fired power generation by region 2018-2019
- Thermal efficiency of coal fired stations in the United Kingdom (UK) 2010-2021
- Volume of loss in electricity generation due to shortage of coal India FY 2013-2017
- Plant load factor of coal fired stations in the United Kingdom (UK) 2010-2021
- Production expenses of U.S. nuclear reactors and fossil-steam plants 1998-2008
- Asia's installed capacity of coal-fired plants 2010-2016, by select country
- U.S. coal-fired power capacity by region 2018-2019
- Electricity supplied in the United Kingdom (UK) from coal 2005-2017
- Global coal power generation year-on-year change due to COVID-19 lockdowns by country
- Coal power capacity additions in China 2000-2021
- SO2 emissions from the production of electricity from coal in the UK 1990-2017
- Coal power capacity in China by province 2022
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- U.S. capacity of coal facility retirements 2008-2022
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- U.S. coal-fired power generation by region 2018-2019
- Thermal efficiency of coal fired stations in the United Kingdom (UK) 2010-2021
- Volume of loss in electricity generation due to shortage of coal India FY 2013-2017
- Plant load factor of coal fired stations in the United Kingdom (UK) 2010-2021
- Production expenses of U.S. nuclear reactors and fossil-steam plants 1998-2008
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- Electricity supplied in the United Kingdom (UK) from coal 2005-2017
- Global coal power generation year-on-year change due to COVID-19 lockdowns by country
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Global Energy Monitor. (July 1, 2022). Number of operational coal power plants worldwide as of July 2022, by country/territory [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 07, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/859266/number-of-coal-power-plants-by-country/
Global Energy Monitor. "Number of operational coal power plants worldwide as of July 2022, by country/territory." Chart. July 1, 2022. Statista. Accessed February 07, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/859266/number-of-coal-power-plants-by-country/
Global Energy Monitor. (2022). Number of operational coal power plants worldwide as of July 2022, by country/territory. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 07, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/859266/number-of-coal-power-plants-by-country/
Global Energy Monitor. "Number of Operational Coal Power Plants Worldwide as of July 2022, by Country/Territory." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Jul 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/859266/number-of-coal-power-plants-by-country/
Global Energy Monitor, Number of operational coal power plants worldwide as of July 2022, by country/territory Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/859266/number-of-coal-power-plants-by-country/ (last visited February 07, 2023)
Number of operational coal power plants worldwide as of July 2022, by country/territory [Graph], Global Energy Monitor, July 1, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/859266/number-of-coal-power-plants-by-country/