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Worldwide there are about 2,500 coal-fired power stations, [1] on average capable of generating a gigawatt each. [2] [a] They generate about a third of the world's electricity, [3] but cause many illnesses and the most early deaths per unit of energy produced, [4] mainly from air pollution. [5] [6] World installed capacity doubled from 2000 to ...
If a station also has units which do not burn coal, only coal-fired capacity is listed. Those power stations that are smaller than 3,000 MW, and those that are only at a planning/proposal stage may be found in regional lists, listed at the end of the page.
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This article lists the largest power stations in the world, the ten overall and the five of each type, in terms of installed electrical capacity. Non-renewable power stations are those that run on coal , fuel oils , nuclear fuel , natural gas , oil shale and peat , while renewable power stations run on fuel sources such as biomass , geothermal ...
A fossil fuel power station is a thermal power station which burns a fossil fuel, such as coal, oil, or natural gas, to produce electricity. Fossil fuel power stations have machinery to convert the heat energy of combustion into mechanical energy , which then operates an electrical generator .
China's installed coal-based power generation capacity was 1080 GW in 2021, [1] about half the total installed capacity of power stations in China. [2] Coal-fired power stations generated 57% of electricity in 2020. [3] Over half the world's coal-fired power is generated in China. [4] 5 GW of new coal power was approved in the first half of ...
This category is for power stations where a fossil fuel (coal, natural gas, oil, peat, etc.) is used. Companion categories are: Category:Renewable energy power stations by country; Category:Nuclear power stations by country
The Waigaoqiao Power Station (Chinese: 外高桥发电厂; pinyin: Wàigāoqiáo Fādiànchǎng) is a coal-fired power station in Pudong, Shanghai, China. With an installed capacity of 5,000 MW, it is the 7th largest coal-fired power station in the world. (It shares this title with the Guodian Beilun, Guohua Taishan, and Jiaxing power stations ...