
Manya Rathore
Research expert covering India

Detailed statistics
Installed global coal power plant capacity in select countries 2025

Detailed statistics
Global coal power generation 2000-2025

Detailed statistics
Global operational coal-fired power stations by country 2025

Global operational coal-fired power stations by country 2025
Countries and territories with the largest number of operational coal power plants worldwide as of July 2025

Installed global coal power plant capacity in select countries 2025
Countries with largest installed capacity of coal power plants worldwide as of July 2025 (in gigawatts)

Global coal power generation 2000-2025
Electricity production from coal worldwide from 2000 to 2025 (in terawatt hours)

Global coal power generation by country 2025
Leading coal-fired electricity generating countries/territories worldwide in 2025 (in terawatt hours)

G20: change in coal, wind, and solar electricity generation 2022-2023
Year-on-year change in coal power production and wind and solar energy production in G20 countries between 2022 and 2023 (in terawatt-hours)

Coal power consumption in the U.S. 1950-2024
Coal consumption for electricity generation in the United States from 1950 to 2024 (in million short tons)

Coal consumption in the U.S. by sector 1990-2024
Consumption of coal in the United States from 1990 to 2024, by sector (in trillion British thermal units)

Coal energy consumption in the United States 2023, by state
Leading states by coal consumption for electricity and heat generation in the United States in 2023 (in trillion British thermal units)

U.S. consumption of coal per capita 2019-2024
Per capita consumption of coal in the United States from 2019 to 2024 (in pounds)

Coal power stations in the U.S. 2025 by state
Number of operational coal-fired power plants in the United States as of 2025, by state

Coal power capacity in the U.S. by state 2024
Net summer capacity of utility-scale coal-fired power plants in the United States as of 2024, by state (in megawatts)

U.S. coal electricity generation 2008-2023
Electricity generation from coal in the United States from 2008 to 2023 (in terawatt hours)

Coal plant capacity factors in the U.S. 2010-2024
Capacity factor of coal power plants in the United States from 2010 to 2024

Coal power production in the U.S. by utility 2023
Leading electric utilities by coal-fired electricity generation in the United States in 2023 (in terawatt-hours)

Share of coal power plants with air pollution controls in the U.S. 1995-2022, by type
Share of existing coal fleet with pollution controls in the United States from 1995 to 2022, by type

Natural gas vis-a-vis coal prices for energy generation in the U.S. 1980-2024
Cost of coal and natural gas for electricity generation in the United States from 1980 to 2024 (in U.S. dollars per million British thermal units)

Coal energy prices 2012-2025
Average price for coal in the electric power sector in the United States from 2012 to 2024, with a forecast until 2026 (in U.S. dollars per million British thermal units)

Coal costs for electricity generation in the U.S. 2005-2023
Average cost of coal for the electric power industry in the United States from 2005 to 2023 (in U.S. dollars per ton)

U.S. coal power generation forecast 2025-2050
Projected coal power generation in the U.S. from 2025 to 2050 (in billion kilowatt hours)

Coal consumption growth by the U.S. electric power sector 2010-2025
Annual change in electric power coal consumption in the United States from 2010 to 2023, with a forecast until 2025 (in million short tons)

CAPEX for CCS retrofitting existing coal plants in the U.S. 2024-2050
Forecast capital costs of retrofitting existing coal plants with carbon capture and storage (CCS) functions in the United States from 2024 to 2050, by capture rate (in U.S. dollars per kilowatt)
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