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Coal generates over 30% of world electricity. As of 2020 two-thirds of coal burned is to generate electricity. [12] In 2020 coal was the largest source of electricity at 34%. [27] Over half of global coal-fired generation in 2020 occurred in China, [27] and coal provided approximately 60% of electricity in China, India and Indonesia. [3]
This is a list of countries by coal production ranking countries with coal production larger than 5 million tonnes as of 2023. Coal production (million tonnes)
A coal-fired power station or coal power plant is a thermal power station which burns coal to generate electricity. Worldwide there are about 2,500 coal-fired power stations, [ 40 ] on average capable of generating a gigawatt each.
This is a list of countries and dependencies by annual electricity production. China is the world's largest electricity producing country, followed by the United States and India. Data are for the year 2023 and are sourced from Ember unless otherwise specified. [1] Links for each location go to the relevant electricity market page, when available.
This is a list of electric generation, consumption, exports and imports by country. Data are for the year 2021 and are from the EIA. [1] Figures are in terawatt-hours (TWh).
As part of worldwide energy transition, many countries have reduced or eliminated their use of coal power. [11] [12] The United Nations Secretary General asked governments to stop building new coal plants by 2020. [13] Global coal use was 8.3 billion tonnes in 2022, [14] and is set to remain at record levels in 2023. [15]
Enerdata displays data for "Total energy / production: Coal, Oil, Gas, Biomass, Heat and Electricity" and for "Renewables / % in electricity production: Renewables, non-renewables". [ 4 ] The table lists worldwide PE and the countries producing most (76%) of that in 2021, using Enerdata.
Coal has been mined in every state of Australia, but mainly in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria. It is mostly used to generate electricity, and 75% of annual coal production is exported, mostly to eastern Asia. In 2007, 428 million tonnes of coal was mined in Australia. [56]