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RangeMay 1 '25 → May 1 '26
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Nicholas A.
Analyst
Live·Global·Last synced May 29, 2026
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
What's on the map
Shows the share of EIA coal-plant generation (and plant count) that matched coordinates in the plant crosswalk and made it onto the map.
Generation
2073.5 / 2096.5 TWh
Plants
940 / 1002
771 plants
May 1 '25 → May 1 '26
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Coal Generation
99.3%
0TWh
Coal CO₂ Emissions
99.3%
0Mt
Coal Plants
0.0%
0
Avg Capacity Factor
70.4%
0.0%
Fleet analytics

Generation

Net generation by fuel, cumulative trends, and the biggest contributors
Total Coal Generation
0TWh
May 1 '25 → May 1 '26
Active Coal Plants
0
1073 generators
Avg Per Plant
0GWh
across selected window
Top Region
0.0TWh
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
PlantStateTechnologyCapacityNet GenCF
Hekinan power station
#碧南火力発電所 · 1 gen
ChubuChubuCoal4,100 MW22.64 TWh
63%
VINDHYACHAL STPS
#VINDHYACHAL STPS · 1 gen
Madhya PradeshMadhya PradeshCoal4,760 MW21.35 TWh
51%
SASAN UMTPP
#SASAN UMTPP · 1 gen
Madhya PradeshMadhya PradeshCoal3,960 MW19.60 TWh
56%
James H Miller Jr
#6002 · 4 gens
ALAlabamaConventional Steam Coal2,822 MW16.57 TWh
67%
RIHAND STPS
#RIHAND STPS · 1 gen
Uttar PradeshUttar PradeshCoal3,000 MW13.97 TWh
53%
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A “coal plant” is any facility whose technology string matches this region's coal fuel-type filter. CO₂ estimates apply IPCC 2006 emission factors by (coal type × combustion technology), falling back to 0.95 tCO₂/MWh when metadata is unavailable.