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Global · Coal Atlas
Coal Plant Generation Explorer
The latest reported electricity generation data for global coal plants, with estimated CO2 emissions and capacity factors.
SourceAggregated across EIA, ENTSO-E, NPP, ONS, OpenElectricity, OCCTO
Where the plants are
Each bubble is one coal plant, sized by net generation in the selected window. Click to drill in, drag to pan, scroll to zoom.
98.9% coverage940 / 1,002 plants
771 plants
May 1 '25 → May 1 '26
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Coal Generation
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Coal CO₂ Emissions
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Coal Plants
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Avg Capacity Factor
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Fleet analytics
Generation
Total Coal Generation
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Active Coal Plants
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1073 generators
Avg Per Plant
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Top Region
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Monthly Coal Generation
Net generation in TWh per month.
Cumulative Generation
Running total across May 1 '25 → May 1 '26
Top 10 Plants by Generation
Plant Breakdown
Net generation split by boiler combustion technology
2024
TWh total
CategoryTWhSharePlants
Subcritical101150.0%316
Unknown53926.6%370
Supercritical45822.6%80
Ultra-supercritical12.50.6%4
IGCC2.950.1%1
Total2024100.0%771
Combustion technology data available for India (47%), USA (89%), Europe (50%), Chile (25%). Japan, Australia, Brazil plants appear as Unknown.
Top Regions by Coal Generation
Plant Distribution
How coal plants cluster by net generation in this window. The long right tail is a handful of giants outproducing the median plant several times over.
SourceAll sources via Neon · Aggregates of monthly net generation
Plant Directory · 771 plants
| Plant | State | Technology | Capacity | Net Gen | CF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hekinan power station #碧南火力発電所 · 1 gen | ChubuChubu | Coal | 4,100 MW | 22.64 TWh | 63% |
VINDHYACHAL STPS #VINDHYACHAL STPS · 1 gen | Madhya PradeshMadhya Pradesh | Coal | 4,760 MW | 21.35 TWh | 51% |
SASAN UMTPP #SASAN UMTPP · 1 gen | Madhya PradeshMadhya Pradesh | Coal | 3,960 MW | 19.60 TWh | 56% |
James H Miller Jr #6002 · 4 gens | ALAlabama | Conventional Steam Coal | 2,822 MW | 16.57 TWh | 67% |
RIHAND STPS #RIHAND STPS · 1 gen | Uttar PradeshUttar Pradesh | Coal | 3,000 MW | 13.97 TWh | 53% |