Coal power-plant records by listed capacity
Source records ordered by listed MW. Known non-generating records are excluded; unknown status, different reference dates and unit or complex scopes remain separate from a current operating-fleet ranking.
| # | Plant | Fuel | Country | MW | Status | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Hope Metals Wucaiwan power station | Coal | China | 7,000 | Operating | Source record |
| 2 | Datang Tuoketuo power station | Coal | China | 6,720 | Not Verified | Source record |
| 3 | Togtoh power station | Coal | China | 6,720 | Operating | GEM |
| 4 | Dangjin | Coal | South Korea | 6,040 | Operating | GEM |
| 5 | Jiaxing power station | Coal | China | 6,030 | Operating | GEM |
| 6 | Guazhou Changle power station | Coal | China | 6,000 | Operating | GEM |
| 7 | Taean | Coal | South Korea | 5,946 | Operating | GEM |
| 8 | Hohhot Jinshan cogen power station | Coal | China | 5,840 | Operating | GEM |
| 9 | Taizhong Taichung | Coal | Taiwan | 5,780 | Not Verified | GEM |
| 10 | Shivee Ovoo power station | Coal | Mongolia | 5,580 | Not Verified | Source record |
| 11 | PLTU Paiton I Unit 7 & 8 | Coal | Indonesia | 5,355 | Operating | Source record |
| 12 | Song Hau Thermal Power Plant | Coal | Vietnam | 5,200 | Operating | Source record |
| 13 | Waigaoqiao power station | Coal | China | 5,080 | Operating | GEM |
| 14 | Yeongheung | Coal | South Korea | 5,080 | Operating | GEM |
| 15 | Guohua Taishan power station | Coal | China | 5,030 | Operating | GEM |
| 16 | Bełchatów | Coal | Poland | 5,030 | Operating | GEM |
| 17 | Guodian Beilun power station | Coal | China | 5,000 | Operating | Wikidata |
| 18 | Ligang power station | Coal | China | 4,980 | Operating | GEM |
| 19 | Longannet power station | Coal | United Kingdom | 4,856 | Not Verified | Source record |
| 20 | Kusile Power Station | Coal | South Africa | 4,800 | Operating | GEM |
| 21 | Darlipali power station | Coal | India | 4,800 | Operating | Source record |
| 22 | Medupi power station | Coal | South Africa | 4,768.8 | Operating | GEM |
| 23 | VINDH_CHAL STPS | Coal | India | 4,760 | Operating | GEM |
| 24 | Zouxian power station | Coal | China | 4,640 | Operating | GEM |
| 25 | MUNDRA TPP | Coal | India | 4,620 | Not Verified | GEM |
| 26 | Mundra Thermal Power Project (Adani) | Coal | India | 4,620 | Operating | GEM |
| 27 | Fugu Qingshuichuan power station | Coal | China | 4,600 | Operating | GEM |
| 28 | CPI Pingwei power station | Coal | China | 4,540 | Operating | GEM |
| 29 | Weda Bay power station | Coal | Indonesia | 4,540 | Operating | GEM |
| 30 | Datong - Tashan Coal | Coal | China | 4,520 | Operating | GEM |
| 31 | Ninghai power station | Coal | China | 4,455 | Operating | GEM |
| 32 | Huaneng Qinbei power station | Coal | China | 4,400 | Operating | GEM |
| 33 | Boryeong (poryang) | Coal | South Korea | 4,400 | Operating | GEM |
| 34 | Hanchuan power station | Coal | China | 4,320 | Operating | GEM |
| 35 | Houshi power station | Coal | China | 4,200 | Operating | GEM |
| 36 | Huaneng Yuhuan power station | Coal | China | 4,200 | Operating | GEM |
| 37 | Mailao | Coal | Taiwan | 4,200 | Operating | Source record |
| 38 | Dalate power station | Coal | China | 4,180 | Operating | GEM |
| 39 | Huaneng Haimen power station | Coal | China | 4,144 | Operating | GEM |
| 40 | Majuba power station | Coal | South Africa | 4,143 | Operating | GEM |
| 41 | Kendal power station | Coal | South Africa | 4,116 | Operating | GEM |
| 42 | Castle Peak power station | Coal | Hong Kong | 4,110 | Operating | GEM |
| 43 | Castle Peak power station | Coal | China | 4,108 | Operating | GEM |
| 44 | Hekinan power station | Coal | Japan | 4,100 | Operating | GEM |
| 45 | Manjung power station | Coal | Malaysia | 4,100 | Operating | GEM |
| 46 | Guodian Taizhou power station | Coal | China | 4,000 | Operating | GEM |
| 47 | Tianjin Beijiang power station | Coal | China | 4,000 | Operating | GEM |
| 48 | MUNDRA UMPP | Coal | India | 4,000 | Not Verified | GEM |
| 49 | Ekibastuz-1 power station | Coal | Kazakhstan | 4,000 | Operating | GEM |
| 50 | Hadong | Coal | South Korea | 4,000 | Operating | GEM |
| 51 | Guoneng Shanghaimiao power station | Coal | China | 4,000 | Operating | GEM |
| 52 | Hami-Chongqing UHV Transmission Line power station | Coal | China | 4,000 | Operating | GEM |
| 53 | Tata Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project | Coal | India | 4,000 | Operating | GEM |
| 54 | Yadadri power station | Coal | India | 4,000 | Operating | Wikidata |
| 55 | Binzhou Boxing power station | Coal | China | 4,000 | Operating | Source record |
| 56 | Guoneng Gansu Badain Jaran Desert Wind and Solar Energy Base Coal Project | Coal | China | 4,000 | Not Verified | Source record |
| 57 | Lingtai power station | Coal | China | 4,000 | Operating | Source record |
| 58 | Shanggao power station | Coal | China | 4,000 | Operating | Source record |
| 59 | Tianming power station | Coal | China | 4,000 | Operating | Source record |
| 60 | Kozienice | Coal | Poland | 3,994 | Operating | GEM |
| 61 | Matimba power station | Coal | South Africa | 3,990 | Operating | GEM |
| 62 | Xinyuan Aluminum power station | Coal | China | 3,960 | Not Verified | Source record |
| 63 | SASAN UMPP | Coal | India | 3,960 | Operating | GEM |
| 64 | Shandong Xinfa Xinyuan power station | Coal | China | 3,960 | Operating | GEM |
| 65 | W A Parish | Coal | United States of America | 3,953.4 | Operating | GEM |
| 66 | Orot Rabin | Coal | Israel | 3,910 | Operating | GEM |
| 67 | Mae Moh power station | Coal | Thailand | 3,880 | Operating | GEM |
| 68 | Daba power station | Coal | China | 3,840 | Operating | GEM |
| 69 | Shidongkou power station | Coal | China | 3,820 | Operating | Source record |
| 70 | Reftinskaya GRES | Coal | Russia | 3,800 | Operating | GEM |
| 71 | Kingsnorth power station | Coal | United Kingdom | 3,772 | Not Verified | Source record |
| 72 | Suizhong power station | Coal | China | 3,760 | Operating | GEM |
| 73 | Huaneng Shangdu power station | Coal | China | 3,720 | Operating | GEM |
| 74 | Lethabo power station | Coal | South Africa | 3,708 | Operating | GEM |
| 75 | Tutuka power station | Coal | South Africa | 3,654 | Operating | GEM |
| 76 | Wujiaqu power station | Coal | China | 3,640 | Operating | GEM |
| 77 | Matla power station | Coal | South Africa | 3,600 | Operating | GEM |
| 78 | Mmamabula Energy Project | Coal | Botswana | 3,600 | Not Verified | Source record |
| 79 | Scherer | Coal | United States of America | 3,564 | Operating | GEM |
| 80 | Scherer Steam Generating Station | Coal | United States of America | 3,564 | Operating | GEM |
| 81 | Huaneng Yimin power station | Coal | China | 3,500 | Operating | GEM |
| 82 | Plant Bowen | Coal | United States of America | 3,498.6 | Operating | GEM |
| 83 | Nilanchal power station | Coal | India | 3,450 | Not Verified | Source record |
| 84 | Crystal River Energy Complex | Coal | United States of America | 3,448.4 | Operating | GEM |
| 85 | Niederaussem power station | Coal | Germany | 3,430 | Operating | Source record |
| 86 | PLTU Suralaya | Coal | Indonesia | 3,400 | Operating | Source record |
| 87 | Taiyuan-1 power station | Coal | China | 3,386 | Not Verified | Source record |
| 88 | SDIC Qinzhou power station | Coal | China | 3,360 | Operating | GEM |
| 89 | Sulawesi Labota power station | Coal | Indonesia | 3,360 | Operating | GEM |
| 90 | Xuzhou Pengcheng power station | Coal | China | 3,340 | Operating | GEM |
| 91 | Gibson Generating Station | Coal | United States of America | 3,339.5 | Operating | GEM |
| 92 | CPI Changshu-1 power station | Coal | China | 3,320 | Operating | GEM |
| 93 | Huadian Ningxia Lingwu power station | Coal | China | 3,320 | Operating | GEM |
| 94 | Jiangsu Sheyanggang power station | Coal | China | 3,320 | Operating | GEM |
| 95 | Lixin Banji power station | Coal | China | 3,320 | Operating | GEM |
| 96 | Wuhu power station | Coal | China | 3,320 | Operating | GEM |
| 97 | Yangcheng power station | Coal | China | 3,300 | Operating | GEM |
| 98 | TIRORA TPP | Coal | India | 3,300 | Operating | GEM |
| 99 | Monroe (MI) | Coal | United States of America | 3,279.6 | Operating | GEM |
| 100 | Monroe Power Plant | Coal | United States of America | 3,279.6 | Operating | GEM |
| 101 | Chaozhou Sanbaimen power station | Coal | China | 3,260 | Operating | GEM |
| 102 | Zhangjiagang Shazhou power station | Coal | China | 3,260 | Operating | GEM |
| 103 | Heyuan power station | Coal | China | 3,244.2 | Operating | GEM |
| 104 | Samcheonpo | Coal | South Korea | 3,240 | Operating | Wikidata |
| 105 | Fujian Hongshan power station | Coal | China | 3,200 | Operating | GEM |
| 106 | Guangdong Huilai power station | Coal | China | 3,200 | Operating | GEM |
| 107 | Chongzuo power station | Coal | China | 3,200 | Not Verified | Source record |
| 108 | Adani Anuppur Thermal Power Plant | Coal | India | 3,200 | Not Verified | Source record |
| 109 | Adani Chapar power station | Coal | India | 3,200 | Pre Permit | Source record |
| 110 | Datong power station | Coal | China | 3,120 | Operating | GEM |
| 111 | Xishan Gujiao power station | Coal | China | 3,120 | Operating | GEM |
| 112 | Tanjung Bin power station | Coal | Malaysia | 3,100 | Operating | GEM |
| 113 | CKI Lamma power station | Coal | China | 3,045 | Operating | GEM |
| 114 | Huolinhe Zhanute power station | Coal | China | 3,040 | Operating | GEM |
| 115 | Janschwalde power station | Coal | Germany | 3,000 | Operating | Wikidata |
| 116 | RIHAND | Coal | India | 3,000 | Operating | GEM |
| 117 | TALCHER STPS | Coal | India | 3,000 | Operating | GEM |
| 118 | Duvha power station | Coal | South Africa | 3,000 | Operating | GEM |
| 119 | Kriel power station | Coal | South Africa | 3,000 | Operating | GEM |
| 120 | Shenhua Qingyuan power station | Coal | China | 3,000 | Operating | GEM |
| 121 | Maoming Bohe power station | Coal | China | 3,000 | Operating | GEM |
| 122 | SIPAT STPS | Coal | India | 2,980 | Operating | GEM |
| 123 | John E Amos | Coal | United States of America | 2,932.6 | Not Verified | GEM |
| 124 | Amos Plant | Coal | United States of America | 2,932.6 | Operating | GEM |
| 125 | CHANDRAPUR_Coal | Coal | India | 2,920 | Operating | GEM |
| 126 | Chandrapur Thermal Power Station | Coal | India | 2,920 | Operating | GEM |
| 127 | Datang Sanmenxia power station | Coal | China | 2,900 | Operating | GEM |
| 128 | Nanshan Industrial Park power station | Coal | Indonesia | 2,880 | Operating | Source record |
| 129 | James H Miller Jr | Coal | United States of America | 2,822 | Not Verified | GEM |
| 130 | Miller Steam Plant | Coal | United States of America | 2,822 | Operating | GEM |
| 131 | Afşin Elbistan Termik Santrali | Coal | Turkey | 2,795 | Operating | GEM |
| 132 | ZETES power stations | Coal | Turkey | 2,790 | Operating | GEM |
| 133 | ZETES power stations | Coal | Turkey | 2,790 | Operating | Official source |
| 134 | Meizhou Wan power station | Coal | China | 2,786 | Operating | GEM |
| 135 | Plutarco Elías Calles (Petacalco) | Coal | Mexico | 2,778.4 | Operating | GEM |
| 136 | McDonough Steam Generating Plant | Coal | United States of America | 2,766 | Not Verified | GEM |
| 137 | Van Phong power station | Coal | Vietnam | 2,752 | Operating | Source record |
| 138 | Huaneng Fuzhou power station | Coal | China | 2,720 | Operating | GEM |
| 139 | Huaneng Laiwu power station | Coal | China | 2,720 | Operating | GEM |
| 140 | Henan Xinmi power station | Coal | China | 2,700 | Operating | GEM |
| 141 | Huaneng Dezhou power station | Coal | China | 2,700 | Operating | GEM |
| 142 | Jiangsu Nantong power station | Coal | China | 2,700 | Operating | GEM |
| 143 | Parish Generating Station | Coal | United States of America | 2,697.4 | Operating | GEM |
| 144 | Kozienice | Coal | Poland | 2,673 | Not Verified | Source record |
| 145 | Bayswater | Coal | Australia | 2,665 | Operating | GEM |
| 146 | Jianbi power station | Coal | China | 2,660 | Operating | GEM |
| 147 | Xinhai power station | Coal | China | 2,660 | Operating | GEM |
| 148 | Fenyi power station | Coal | China | 2,650 | Operating | Source record |
| 149 | Huaneng Luohuang power station | Coal | China | 2,640 | Operating | GEM |
| 150 | Lusigang power station | Coal | China | 2,640 | Operating | GEM |
| 151 | Shenhua Anqing power station | Coal | China | 2,640 | Operating | GEM |
| 152 | Shenhua Guoneng Hami power station | Coal | China | 2,640 | Operating | GEM |
| 153 | WEnergy Maanshan Power Station | Coal | China | 2,640 | Not Verified | GEM |
| 154 | Weiqiao Huji power station | Coal | China | 2,640 | Operating | GEM |
| 155 | Weiqiao Zouping-1 power station | Coal | China | 2,640 | Operating | GEM |
| 156 | Weiqiao Zouping-6 power station | Coal | China | 2,640 | Not Verified | Source record |
| 157 | Weiqiao Zouping-7 power station | Coal | China | 2,640 | Operating | GEM |
| 158 | Tianchi Energy Zhundong Wucaiwan power station | Coal | China | 2,640 | Operating | GEM |
| 159 | Wucaiwan Bei'er power station | Coal | China | 2,640 | Operating | GEM |
| 160 | Patuakhali power station (RPCL/NORINCO) | Coal | Bangladesh | 2,640 | Operating | Source record |
| 161 | Payra power station (BCPCL) | Coal | Bangladesh | 2,640 | Operating | Source record |
| 162 | Rampal power station | Coal | Bangladesh | 2,640 | Operating | Source record |
| 163 | Qaidam Desert Energy Base (Golmud East) supporting coal-fired power project | Coal | China | 2,640 | Not Verified | Source record |
| 164 | SPIC Qinghai Hainan Prefecture Gobi Energy Base supporting coal fired power project | Coal | China | 2,640 | Pre Permit | Source record |
| 165 | Bangko Tengah power station | Coal | Indonesia | 2,640 | Operating | Source record |
| 166 | ANPARA | Coal | India | 2,630 | Operating | Wikidata |
| 167 | North Chennai Thermal Power Station | Coal | India | 2,630 | Operating | GEM |
| 168 | China Resources Caofeidian power station | Coal | China | 2,600 | Operating | GEM |
| 169 | Huaneng Yangluo power station | Coal | China | 2,600 | Operating | GEM |
| 170 | Puqi Xianning power station | Coal | China | 2,600 | Operating | GEM |
| 171 | KORBA STPS | Coal | India | 2,600 | Operating | GEM |
| 172 | Cumberland (TN) | Coal | United States of America | 2,600 | Operating | GEM |
| 173 | Gavin Power LLC | Coal | United States of America | 2,600 | Operating | GEM |
| 174 | Rockport | Coal | United States of America | 2,600 | Operating | GEM |
| 175 | Huadian Xiangyang power station | Coal | China | 2,600 | Operating | Source record |
| 176 | Gavin Power Plant | Coal | United States of America | 2,600 | Operating | GEM |
| 177 | Rockport Plant | Coal | United States of America | 2,600 | Operating | GEM |
| 178 | Limestone Generating Station | Coal | United States of America | 2,595 | Operating | GEM |
| 179 | Trimble County | Coal | United States of America | 2,594.1 | Operating | GEM |
| 180 | Boxberg power station | Coal | Germany | 2,582 | Operating | GEM |
| 181 | Anhui Bengbu power station | Coal | China | 2,580 | Operating | GEM |
| 182 | Fangchenggang Coal | Coal | China | 2,580 | Operating | GEM |
| 183 | Huainan Tianji power station | Coal | China | 2,580 | Operating | GEM |
| 184 | Pucheng power station | Coal | China | 2,580 | Operating | GEM |
| 185 | Fangchenggang Qisha power station | Coal | China | 2,580 | Operating | GEM |
| 186 | Huaneng Zhanhua power station | Coal | China | 2,580 | Not Verified | GEM |
| 187 | Zhangjiakou power station | Coal | China | 2,560 | Operating | GEM |
| 188 | Dr. Narla Tata Rao Thermal power station | Coal | India | 2,560 | Operating | GEM |
| 189 | Roxboro | Coal | United States of America | 2,558.2 | Operating | GEM |
| 190 | Paradise Fossil Plant | Coal | United States of America | 2,558.2 | Not Verified | Source record |
| 191 | Huaneng Shangan power station | Coal | China | 2,540 | Not Verified | GEM |
| 192 | Shang'an power station | Coal | China | 2,540 | Operating | GEM |
| 193 | Huaneng Yueyang power station | Coal | China | 2,525 | Operating | GEM |
| 194 | Datang Ningde power station | Coal | China | 2,520 | Not Verified | GEM |
| 195 | Dingzhou power station | Coal | China | 2,520 | Operating | GEM |
| 196 | Guodian Baoji-2 power station | Coal | China | 2,520 | Operating | GEM |
| 197 | Huainan Fengtai power station | Coal | China | 2,520 | Operating | GEM |
| 198 | Huaneng Pingliang power station | Coal | China | 2,520 | Operating | GEM |
| 199 | Huanghua Cangzhou power station | Coal | China | 2,520 | Not Verified | GEM |
| 200 | Shanwei Honghaiwan power station | Coal | China | 2,520 | Operating | GEM |
| 201 | Tongmei Tashan power station | Coal | China | 2,520 | Operating | GEM |
| 202 | Yangxi Zhujiang power station | Coal | China | 2,520 | Operating | GEM |
| 203 | Zheneng Wenzhou power station | Coal | China | 2,520 | Operating | GEM |
| 204 | Zheneng Yueqing power station | Coal | China | 2,520 | Operating | GEM |
| 205 | Shri Singaji MALWA TPP | Coal | India | 2,520 | Not Verified | GEM |
| 206 | Moldavskaya GRES | Coal | Moldova | 2,520 | Not Verified | Source record |
| 207 | Hebei Cangdong power station | Coal | China | 2,520 | Operating | GEM |
| 208 | Fugu Miaogoumen power station | Coal | China | 2,520 | Operating | GEM |
| 209 | Shree Singaji Thermal Power Project | Coal | India | 2,520 | Operating | GEM |
| 210 | Belews Creek | Coal | United States of America | 2,491.2 | Operating | GEM |
| 211 | Sherburne County | Coal | United States of America | 2,469.3 | Operating | GEM |
| 212 | Sherburne County Plant | Coal | United States of America | 2,469.3 | Operating | GEM |
| 213 | FirstEnergy W H Sammis | Coal | United States of America | 2,468.1 | Not Verified | Source record |
| 214 | Daihai power station | Coal | China | 2,460 | Operating | GEM |
| 215 | Yangzhou-2 power station | Coal | China | 2,460 | Operating | GEM |
| 216 | Afşin-Elbistan power stations | Coal | Turkey | 2,460 | Operating | Official source |
| 217 | Cockenzie power station | Coal | United Kingdom | 2,456 | Not Verified | Source record |
| 218 | Sammis Plant | Coal | United States of America | 2,455.6 | Not Verified | Source record |
| 219 | Mae Mah | Coal | Thailand | 2,455 | Operating | GEM |
| 220 | Stuart Generating Station | Coal | United States of America | 2,440.8 | Not Verified | Source record |
| 221 | Berezovskaya GRES | Coal | Russia | 2,420 | Operating | GEM |
| 222 | Datang Wushashan power station | Coal | China | 2,400 | Operating | GEM |
| 223 | Diandong power station | Coal | China | 2,400 | Operating | GEM |
| 224 | Fuzhou Kemen power station | Coal | China | 2,400 | Operating | GEM |
| 225 | Guangan power station | Coal | China | 2,400 | Operating | GEM |
| 226 | Guizhou Faer power station | Coal | China | 2,400 | Operating | GEM |
| 227 | Hancheng power station | Coal | China | 2,400 | Operating | GEM |
| 228 | Lanxi power station | Coal | China | 2,400 | Operating | GEM |
| 229 | Panxian-2 power station | Coal | China | 2,400 | Operating | GEM |
| 230 | Shenhua Guohua Jinjie power station | Coal | China | 2,400 | Not Verified | GEM |
| 231 | Shenhua Hequ power station | Coal | China | 2,400 | Operating | GEM |
| 232 | Tieling power station | Coal | China | 2,400 | Operating | GEM |
| 233 | Xiangfan power station | Coal | China | 2,400 | Not Verified | Source record |
| 234 | Xibaipo power station | Coal | China | 2,400 | Operating | GEM |
| 235 | DAMODARAM SANJEEVAIAH | Coal | India | 2,400 | Operating | GEM |
| 236 | KUDGI | Coal | India | 2,400 | Operating | GEM |
| 237 | TAMNAR TPP | Coal | India | 2,400 | Operating | Source record |
| 238 | Jharsuguda Sterlite power station | Coal | India | 2,400 | Operating | GEM |
| 239 | Matarbari power station | Coal | Bangladesh | 2,400 | Operating | Source record |
| 240 | Godhna power station | Coal | India | 2,400 | Not Verified | Source record |
| 241 | Pirpainti Thermal Power Station | Coal | India | 2,400 | Pre Permit | Source record |
| 242 | Cross | Coal | United States of America | 2,390.1 | Operating | GEM |
| 243 | Cross Generating Station | Coal | United States of America | 2,390.1 | Operating | GEM |
| 244 | PT Halmahera Persada Lygend Nickel Smelter power station | Coal | Indonesia | 2,390 | Operating | Source record |
| 245 | Labadie | Coal | United States of America | 2,389.4 | Operating | GEM |
| 246 | Labadie power station | Coal | United States of America | 2,389.4 | Operating | GEM |
| 247 | Martin Lake | Coal | United States of America | 2,379.6 | Operating | GEM |
| 248 | Martin Lake Steam Station | Coal | United States of America | 2,379.6 | Operating | GEM |
| 249 | Tongliao power station | Coal | China | 2,370 | Operating | GEM |
| 250 | Colstrip | Coal | United States of America | 2,363.4 | Operating | GEM |
| 251 | Arnot power station | Coal | South Africa | 2,352 | Operating | GEM |
| 252 | KAHALGAON | Coal | India | 2,340 | Operating | GEM |
| 253 | Jim Bridger | Coal | United States of America | 2,326 | Operating | GEM |
| 254 | Tongling Wanneng power station | Coal | China | 2,320 | Operating | GEM |
| 255 | CHHABRA TPS | Coal | India | 2,320 | Operating | GEM |
| 256 | MOUDA STPS | Coal | India | 2,320 | Operating | GEM |
| 257 | Chhabra Thermal Power Station | Coal | India | 2,320 | Operating | GEM |
| 258 | J M Stuart | Coal | United States of America | 2,318 | Not Verified | Wikidata |
| 259 | Delong Nickel Phase III power station | Coal | Indonesia | 2,295 | Operating | Source record |
| 260 | Rutenberg | Coal | Israel | 2,290 | Operating | Wikidata |
| 261 | Colstrip Steam Plant | Coal | United States of America | 2,272.8 | Operating | GEM |
| 262 | WANAKBORI | Coal | India | 2,270 | Operating | GEM |
| 263 | Four Corners Steam Plant | Coal | United States of America | 2,269.8 | Operating | GEM |
| 264 | Panshan power station | Coal | China | 2,260 | Operating | GEM |
| 265 | Novocherkasskaya GRES | Coal | Russia | 2,258 | Operating | GEM |
| 266 | Navajo | Coal | United States of America | 2,250 | Not Verified | Wikidata |
| 267 | Troitskaya GRES | Coal | Russia | 2,234 | Operating | Source record |
| 268 | Ghent | Coal | United States of America | 2,225.9 | Operating | GEM |
| 269 | Ghent Generating Station | Coal | United States of America | 2,225.9 | Operating | GEM |
| 270 | Loy Yang A | Coal | Australia | 2,215 | Operating | GEM |
| 271 | Aksu power station | Coal | Kazakhstan | 2,210 | Operating | GEM |
| 272 | R M Schahfer | Coal | United States of America | 2,201.4 | Operating | Wikidata |
| 273 | AlamTri Aluminum Smelter power station | Coal | Indonesia | 2,200 | Operating | Source record |
| 274 | KORADI | Coal | India | 2,190 | Operating | GEM |
| 275 | Conesville Power Plant | Coal | United States of America | 2,174.8 | Not Verified | Wikidata |
| 276 | Sultan Aziz power station | Coal | Malaysia | 2,164 | Operating | GEM |
| 277 | Xinjiang Qiya Smelter power station | Coal | China | 2,160 | Operating | GEM |
| 278 | Belews Creek Steam Station | Coal | United States of America | 2,160 | Operating | GEM |
| 279 | Jeffrey Energy Center | Coal | United States of America | 2,160 | Operating | GEM |
| 280 | AES Petersburg | Coal | United States of America | 2,154.8 | Operating | Source record |
| 281 | GKM (Mannheim) power station | Coal | Germany | 2,147 | Operating | GEM |
| 282 | Sundance | Coal | Canada | 2,141 | Not Verified | Source record |
| 283 | Bhusawal Thermal Power Station | Coal | India | 2,135 | Operating | GEM |
| 284 | XPCC Shihezi Cogen power station | Coal | China | 2,120 | Operating | GEM |
| 285 | Shenhua Jiujiang power station | Coal | China | 2,104 | Operating | GEM |
| 286 | BoA 2 | Coal | Germany | 2,100 | Not Verified | Source record |
| 287 | FARAKKA STPS | Coal | India | 2,100 | Operating | GEM |
| 288 | J-POWER Tachibana-wan power station | Coal | Japan | 2,100 | Operating | GEM |
| 289 | Tg. Bin Energy | Coal | Malaysia | 2,100 | Operating | GEM |
| 290 | Novo-Angren power station | Coal | Uzbekistan | 2,100 | Operating | GEM |
| 291 | Shenhua Yongzhou power station | Coal | China | 2,100 | Operating | GEM |
| 292 | Hezhou power station | Coal | China | 2,090 | Operating | GEM |
| 293 | Zonguldak Eren (ZETES) | Coal | Turkey | 2,090 | Not Verified | Source record |
| 294 | Sulawesi Mining power station | Coal | Indonesia | 2,080 | Operating | GEM |
| 295 | Goseong Green power station | Coal | South Korea | 2,080 | Operating | GEM |
| 296 | Anin power station | Coal | South Korea | 2,080 | Operating | GEM |
| 297 | Huadian Laizhou power station | Coal | China | 2,078 | Not Verified | GEM |
| 298 | Neurath power station | Coal | Germany | 2,068 | Operating | GEM |
| 299 | Huaneng Jinling power station | Coal | China | 2,060 | Not Verified | GEM |
| 300 | Pingdingshan Luyang power station | Coal | China | 2,060 | Operating | GEM |
| 301 | Rizhao power station | Coal | China | 2,060 | Operating | GEM |
| 302 | Shuangliao West power station | Coal | China | 2,060 | Operating | GEM |
| 303 | Centrale Thermique de Jorf Lasfar (JLEC) | Coal | Morocco | 2,056 | Operating | GEM |
| 304 | FirstEnergy Harrison Power Station | Coal | United States of America | 2,052 | Not Verified | GEM |
| 305 | Liddell | Coal | Australia | 2,051 | Not Verified | Wikidata |
| 306 | Samcheok Green power station | Coal | South Korea | 2,044 | Operating | GEM |
| 307 | Shuangyashan power station | Coal | China | 2,040 | Operating | Source record |
| 308 | Guodian Shizuishan-2 power station | Coal | China | 2,020 | Operating | GEM |
| 309 | Huadian Xisaishan power station | Coal | China | 2,020 | Operating | GEM |
| 310 | Tianchi Changji Cogen power station | Coal | China | 2,020 | Operating | GEM |
| 311 | Xuchang Yulong power station | Coal | China | 2,020 | Operating | GEM |
| 312 | Jimsar Wucaiwan Beisan power station | Coal | China | 2,020 | Operating | Source record |
| 313 | Gaston Steam Plant | Coal | United States of America | 2,012.8 | Operating | GEM |
| 314 | West Burton | Coal | United Kingdom | 2,012 | Operating | Source record |
| 315 | Homer City Generating Station | Coal | United States of America | 2,012 | Not Verified | Wikidata |
| 316 | BALCO Korba power station | Coal | India | 2,010 | Operating | GEM |
| 317 | Tom-Usinskaya power station | Coal | Russia | 2,005 | Operating | Source record |
| 318 | Binhai Port Unit 1 | Coal | China | 2,000 | Not Verified | Source record |
| 319 | Bohe Coal | Coal | China | 2,000 | Not Verified | Source record |
| 320 | Datang Fuzhou power station | Coal | China | 2,000 | Operating | GEM |
| 321 | Datang Shentou power station | Coal | China | 2,000 | Operating | Source record |
| 322 | Guangdong Huizhou Pinghai power station | Coal | China | 2,000 | Operating | GEM |
| 323 | Guohua Shouguang power station | Coal | China | 2,000 | Operating | GEM |
| 324 | Guohua Xuzhou power station | Coal | China | 2,000 | Operating | GEM |
| 325 | Huadian Jurong power station | Coal | China | 2,000 | Not Verified | GEM |
| 326 | Huadian Weifang power station | Coal | China | 2,000 | Operating | GEM |
| 327 | Huarun Cangnan power station | Coal | China | 2,000 | Not Verified | Source record |
| 328 | Liulin Liansheng power station | Coal | China | 2,000 | Operating | Source record |
| 329 | Shanghai Caojing power station | Coal | China | 2,000 | Operating | GEM |
| 330 | Shanwei Haifeng power station | Coal | China | 2,000 | Operating | GEM |
| 331 | Shenhua Wanzhou power station | Coal | China | 2,000 | Not Verified | GEM |
| 332 | Taishan Expansion Coal Power Plant | Coal | China | 2,000 | Not Verified | Source record |
| 333 | Weihai power station | Coal | China | 2,000 | Operating | GEM |
| 334 | Zhejiang Taizhou-2 power station | Coal | China | 2,000 | Operating | GEM |
| 335 | Zheneng Liuheng power station | Coal | China | 2,000 | Operating | GEM |
| 336 | SIMHADRI | Coal | India | 2,000 | Operating | GEM |
| 337 | SINGRAULI STPS | Coal | India | 2,000 | Operating | GEM |
| 338 | Haramachi power station | Coal | Japan | 2,000 | Operating | GEM |
| 339 | Hitachinaka power station | Coal | Japan | 2,000 | Operating | Wikidata |
| 340 | Matsuura power station | Coal | Japan | 2,000 | Operating | GEM |
| 341 | Shinchi power station | Coal | Japan | 2,000 | Operating | GEM |
| 342 | Hendrina power station | Coal | South Africa | 2,000 | Operating | Source record |
| 343 | Shin Boryeong power station | Coal | South Korea | 2,000 | Operating | GEM |
| 344 | Cottam | Coal | United Kingdom | 2,000 | Not Verified | Wikidata |
| 345 | Ratcliffe | Coal | United Kingdom | 2,000 | Operating | Source record |
| 346 | Pingjiang power station | Coal | China | 2,000 | Operating | GEM |
| 347 | Yulin Hengshan power station | Coal | China | 2,000 | Operating | GEM |
| 348 | Inner Mongolia Changcheng power station | Coal | China | 2,000 | Operating | GEM |
| 349 | Guoneng Yueyang power station | Coal | China | 2,000 | Operating | GEM |
| 350 | Yancheng Binhai power station | Coal | China | 2,000 | Operating | GEM |
| 351 | Shenhua Shentou power station | Coal | China | 2,000 | Operating | Source record |
| 352 | China Resources Wenzhou power station | Coal | China | 2,000 | Operating | GEM |
| 353 | Chongqing Wanzhou power station | Coal | China | 2,000 | Operating | GEM |
| 354 | Fu County power station | Coal | China | 2,000 | Operating | GEM |
| 355 | Lufeng Jiahuwan power station | Coal | China | 2,000 | Operating | GEM |
| 356 | Leizhou power station | Coal | China | 2,000 | Operating | GEM |
| 357 | Jiaozuo Danhe power station | Coal | China | 2,000 | Operating | GEM |
| 358 | Datang Dongying power station | Coal | China | 2,000 | Operating | GEM |
| 359 | Nanyang Neixiang power station | Coal | China | 2,000 | Operating | GEM |
| 360 | Luoyuan Bay power station | Coal | China | 2,000 | Operating | GEM |
| 361 | Beihai power station | Coal | China | 2,000 | Operating | GEM |
| 362 | Yuguang Coal power station | Coal | China | 2,000 | Operating | GEM |
| 363 | Inner Mongolia Shenglu power station | Coal | China | 2,000 | Operating | GEM |
| 364 | Leilongwan power station | Coal | China | 2,000 | Operating | GEM |
| 365 | Gansu Zhengning power station | Coal | China | 2,000 | Operating | GEM |
| 366 | Jiangsu Energy Group Wulagai power station | Coal | China | 2,000 | Operating | GEM |
| 367 | Lanzhou New District power station | Coal | China | 2,000 | Not Verified | Source record |
| 368 | Nanchong power station | Coal | China | 2,000 | Not Verified | Source record |
| 369 | Nanyang Baihe cogen power station | Coal | China | 2,000 | Not Verified | Source record |
| 370 | Ningdong Fangjiazhuang power station | Coal | China | 2,000 | Operating | GEM |
| 371 | Shaanxi Coal Hanzhong power station | Coal | China | 2,000 | Pre Permit | Source record |
| 372 | Shandan Huacaotan Energy Base power station | Coal | China | 2,000 | Pre Permit | Source record |
| 373 | Shangrao power station | Coal | China | 2,000 | Operating | Source record |
| 374 | Yuneng Taiqian power station | Coal | China | 2,000 | Not Verified | Source record |
| 375 | Crow Nation CFB | Coal | United States of America | 2,000 | Not Verified | Source record |
| 376 | Marshall (NC) | Coal | United States of America | 1,996 | Operating | GEM |
| 377 | COSTANERA | Coal | Argentina | 1,982.2 | Operating | Source record |
| 378 | Jawa-7 power station | Coal | Indonesia | 1,982 | Operating | GEM |
| 379 | Mengtai Beijiao power station | Coal | China | 1,980 | Operating | GEM |
| 380 | LALITPUR TPP | Coal | India | 1,980 | Operating | GEM |
| 381 | PRYAGRAJ (BARA) TPP | Coal | India | 1,980 | Not Verified | GEM |
| 382 | TALWANDI SABO | Coal | India | 1,980 | Operating | GEM |
| 383 | Ningdong power station | Coal | China | 1,980 | Operating | GEM |
| 384 | Bara Thermal Power Project | Coal | India | 1,980 | Operating | GEM |
| 385 | North Karanpura power station | Coal | India | 1,980 | Operating | GEM |
| 386 | Monticello Steam Station | Coal | United States of America | 1,980 | Not Verified | Wikidata |
| 387 | Nakoso power station | Coal | Japan | 1,975 | Operating | GEM |
| 388 | Widows Creek Fossil Plant | Coal | United States of America | 1,968.6 | Not Verified | Wikidata |
| 389 | Beihai Bebuwan power station | Coal | China | 1,960 | Operating | GEM |
| 390 | Chizhou Jiuhua power station | Coal | China | 1,960 | Operating | GEM |
| 391 | Mawan power station | Coal | China | 1,960 | Operating | GEM |
| 392 | Ordos Power Qipanjing power station | Coal | China | 1,960 | Operating | GEM |
| 393 | Wansley Plant | Coal | United States of America | 1,956.8 | Not Verified | Wikidata |
| 394 | Changshu-2 power station | Coal | China | 1,950 | Operating | GEM |
| 395 | Jinzhushan power station | Coal | China | 1,950 | Operating | GEM |
| 396 | Turów | Coal | Poland | 1,948 | Operating | GEM |
| 397 | Datang Xinyang power station | Coal | China | 1,940 | Operating | GEM |
| 398 | Nanpu Quanzhou power station | Coal | China | 1,940 | Operating | GEM |
| 399 | Chongqing Shuanghuai power station | Coal | China | 1,920 | Operating | GEM |
| 400 | Huadian Shiliquan power station | Coal | China | 1,920 | Operating | GEM |
| 401 | Huadian Wangting power station | Coal | China | 1,920 | Operating | Source record |
| 402 | Huaneng Jinggangshan power station | Coal | China | 1,920 | Operating | GEM |
| 403 | Shiheng-2 power station | Coal | China | 1,920 | Operating | GEM |
| 404 | Yiyang power station | Coal | China | 1,920 | Operating | GEM |
| 405 | Junggar Suancigou power station | Coal | China | 1,920 | Operating | GEM |
| 406 | Gallatin (TN) | Coal | United States of America | 1,919.2 | Operating | GEM |
| 407 | Kashirskaya GRES | Coal | Russia | 1,910 | Not Verified | Source record |
| 408 | Big Bend | Coal | United States of America | 1,903.5 | Operating | GEM |
| 409 | Big Cajun 2 | Coal | United States of America | 1,902.9 | Operating | GEM |
| 410 | Big Cajun II Power Plant | Coal | United States of America | 1,902.9 | Operating | GEM |
| 411 | Datang Qitaihe power station | Coal | China | 1,900 | Operating | GEM |
| 412 | Dengfeng-2 power station | Coal | China | 1,900 | Operating | GEM |
| 413 | Huainan Luohe power station | Coal | China | 1,900 | Operating | GEM |
| 414 | Huaneng Taicang power station | Coal | China | 1,900 | Operating | GEM |
| 415 | Hubei Ezhou power station | Coal | China | 1,900 | Operating | GEM |
| 416 | Nanyang Yahekou power station | Coal | China | 1,900 | Operating | GEM |
| 417 | Central Java Power Project | Coal | Indonesia | 1,900 | Operating | GEM |
| 418 | Baldwin Energy Complex | Coal | United States of America | 1,894.1 | Not Verified | GEM |
| 419 | Baldwin Energy Station | Coal | United States of America | 1,894.1 | Operating | GEM |
| 420 | Cardinal | Coal | United States of America | 1,880.4 | Operating | GEM |
| 421 | Cardinal Plant | Coal | United States of America | 1,880.4 | Operating | GEM |
| 422 | Guixi power station | Coal | China | 1,880 | Operating | GEM |
| 423 | Hongsa | Coal | Laos | 1,878 | Operating | GEM |
| 424 | Conemaugh | Coal | United States of America | 1,872 | Operating | GEM |
| 425 | Keystone | Coal | United States of America | 1,872 | Operating | GEM |
| 426 | Conemaugh Generating Station | Coal | United States of America | 1,872 | Operating | GEM |
| 427 | Keystone Generating Station | Coal | United States of America | 1,872 | Operating | GEM |
| 428 | Chalk Point Generating Station | Coal | United States of America | 1,868 | Not Verified | GEM |
| 429 | Guangdong Shaoguan power station | Coal | China | 1,860 | Operating | GEM |
| 430 | Qianxi power station | Coal | China | 1,860 | Operating | GEM |
| 431 | Xiamen Songyu power station | Coal | China | 1,860 | Operating | GEM |
| 432 | Genesee | Coal | Canada | 1,857 | Operating | GEM |
| 433 | Limestone | Coal | United States of America | 1,849.8 | Operating | GEM |
| 434 | San Juan Generating Station | Coal | United States of America | 1,848 | Not Verified | Wikidata |
| 435 | Huaneng Yingkou power station | Coal | China | 1,840 | Operating | GEM |
| 436 | Yaomeng power station | Coal | China | 1,840 | Operating | GEM |
| 437 | Delong Nickel Phase II power station | Coal | Indonesia | 1,840 | Operating | GEM |
| 438 | Dolna Odra | Coal | Poland | 1,830 | Operating | GEM |
| 439 | DADRI (NCTPP) | Coal | India | 1,820 | Operating | GEM |
| 440 | Chifeng Yuanbaoshan power station | Coal | China | 1,800 | Operating | GEM |
| 441 | Hebi Fenghe power station | Coal | China | 1,800 | Operating | GEM |
| 442 | Hongjun Aluminum power station | Coal | China | 1,800 | Operating | GEM |
| 443 | Shanxi Zhaoguang Phase 1 | Coal | China | 1,800 | Operating | GEM |
| 444 | Tianye power station | Coal | China | 1,800 | Operating | GEM |
| 445 | Wujing power station | Coal | China | 1,800 | Operating | Source record |
| 446 | Xiangtan power station | Coal | China | 1,800 | Operating | GEM |
| 447 | Xuanwei power station | Coal | China | 1,800 | Operating | Source record |
| 448 | Zhangshan power station | Coal | China | 1,800 | Operating | GEM |
| 449 | Weisweiler power station | Coal | Germany | 1,800 | Operating | GEM |
| 450 | AKALTARA TPP | Coal | India | 1,800 | Operating | GEM |
| 451 | K_GUDEM NEW | Coal | India | 1,800 | Not Verified | GEM |
| 452 | Maizuru power station | Coal | Japan | 1,800 | Operating | GEM |
| 453 | Noshiro power station | Coal | Japan | 1,800 | Operating | GEM |
| 454 | Independence Steam Electric Station | Coal | United States of America | 1,800 | Operating | GEM |
| 455 | White Bluff | Coal | United States of America | 1,800 | Operating | GEM |
| 456 | Thai Binh Power Center | Coal | Vietnam | 1,800 | Operating | GEM |
| 457 | Henan Xin'an power station | Coal | China | 1,800 | Operating | GEM |
| 458 | Kothagudem Thermal Power Station | Coal | India | 1,800 | Operating | GEM |
| 459 | Hohhot Aluminum power station | Coal | China | 1,800 | Operating | Source record |
| 460 | Independence Steam Station | Coal | United States of America | 1,800 | Operating | GEM |
| 461 | White Bluff Generating Plant | Coal | United States of America | 1,800 | Operating | GEM |
| 462 | Big Bend Station | Coal | United States of America | 1,796.9 | Operating | GEM |
| 463 | Oak Grove (TX) | Coal | United States of America | 1,795.4 | Operating | GEM |
| 464 | Oak Grove Plant | Coal | United States of America | 1,795.4 | Operating | GEM |
| 465 | Powerton | Coal | United States of America | 1,785.6 | Operating | GEM |
| 466 | Powerton Generating Station | Coal | United States of America | 1,785.6 | Operating | GEM |
| 467 | Walter Scott Jr. power station | Coal | United States of America | 1,778.9 | Operating | GEM |
| 468 | Starobeshivska | Coal | Ukraine | 1,775 | Operating | Source record |
| 469 | Barry Steam Plant | Coal | United States of America | 1,770.7 | Operating | GEM |
| 470 | Prairie State Generating Station | Coal | United States of America | 1,766 | Operating | GEM |
| 471 | Prairie State Energy Campus | Coal | United States of America | 1,766 | Operating | GEM |
| 472 | Springerville power station | Coal | United States of America | 1,765.8 | Operating | GEM |
| 473 | TANDA | Coal | India | 1,760 | Operating | GEM |
| 474 | TalenEnergy Montour | Coal | United States of America | 1,757.9 | Not Verified | GEM |
| 475 | Shawnee Fossil Plant | Coal | United States of America | 1,750 | Operating | GEM |
| 476 | James E. Rogers Energy Complex | Coal | United States of America | 1,740.5 | Operating | GEM |
| 477 | Ib Valley Thermal Power Station | Coal | India | 1,740 | Operating | GEM |
| 478 | Nanshan Aluminum Donghai power station | Coal | China | 1,730 | Operating | Source record |
| 479 | TENT A | Coal | Serbia | 1,730 | Operating | Source record |
| 480 | Hatfields Ferry power station | Coal | United States of America | 1,728 | Not Verified | Source record |
| 481 | RAICHUR | Coal | India | 1,720 | Operating | GEM |
| 482 | Rybnik | Coal | Poland | 1,720 | Operating | Wikidata |
| 483 | Mill Creek (KY) | Coal | United States of America | 1,717.2 | Operating | GEM |
| 484 | Mill Creek Station | Coal | United States of America | 1,717.2 | Operating | GEM |
| 485 | Muskogee Generating Station | Coal | United States of America | 1,717.2 | Operating | GEM |
| 486 | Baotou Aluminum power station | Coal | China | 1,710 | Operating | GEM |
| 487 | Laramie River Station | Coal | United States of America | 1,710 | Operating | GEM |
| 488 | Laramie River Station | Coal | United States of America | 1,710 | Operating | GEM |
| 489 | Baoshan Works power station | Coal | China | 1,700 | Operating | GEM |
| 490 | Junliangcheng power station | Coal | China | 1,700 | Operating | GEM |
| 491 | Shengli Dongying power station | Coal | China | 1,700 | Operating | Source record |
| 492 | BELLARY TPS | Coal | India | 1,700 | Operating | GEM |
| 493 | Matsuura Kyushu power station | Coal | Japan | 1,700 | Operating | GEM |
| 494 | Kingston | Coal | United States of America | 1,700 | Operating | GEM |
| 495 | Suzhou Qianyingzi power station | Coal | China | 1,700 | Operating | GEM |
| 496 | Bellary Thermal Power Station | Coal | India | 1,700 | Operating | GEM |
| 497 | Kingston Fossil Plant | Coal | United States of America | 1,700 | Operating | GEM |
| 498 | Fayette Power Project | Coal | United States of America | 1,690 | Operating | GEM |
| 499 | Fayette Power Project | Coal | United States of America | 1,690 | Operating | GEM |
| 500 | Gladstone | Coal | Australia | 1,680 | Operating | GEM |
WRI, Global Energy Monitor and individually cited source records. Capacity values retain their reference date and unit, station or complex scope; repeated locations are not automatically distinct stations. Follow each record for its capacity source. Known cancelled, retired and pipeline records are excluded.
Frequently asked questions
Which record has the highest listed capacity here?
East Hope Metals Wucaiwan power station has the highest listed value in this subset: 7,000 MW. This is not a verified ranking of distinct currently operating stations.
How many source records are listed?
The table contains 500 records after excluding known non-generating statuses. Missing status does not establish operation; records may refer to different parts of the same complex.
Which records have the three highest listed values?
1. East Hope Metals Wucaiwan power station (7,000); 2. Datang Tuoketuo power station (6,720); 3. Togtoh power station (6,720).