Largest Coal Power Stations in the World 2026
About This Dataset
Largest Coal Power Stations in the World 2026
The biggest coal-fired power stations in operation in 2026, ranked by installed capacity in megawatts. Capacity is what a station can produce at full output, not what it actually generates; many large coal plants now run well below capacity as cheaper renewables take priority on the grid.
Analysis
Guodian Beilun in China is the largest at 7,340 MW, 1.09 times the 6,720 MW of Tuoketuo. The 11 stations here total 63,042 MW. 6 of them are in China, and 4 countries are represented in total. The smallest on the chart, Jiaxing, is rated at 5,000 MW, 68% of the leader.
Key Findings
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Guodian Beilun (China) leads in Installed Capacity (MW) with 7,340 in 2026.
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Average Installed Capacity (MW) in 2026: 5,731 · median: 5,500.
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Gap in 2026: Guodian Beilun (China) is 1.5× larger than Jiaxing (China).
Data Insights
Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart
Methodology & source
- Data source
- Wikipedia, List of largest power stations
- Coverage
- 11 entities · 2026 · 11 observations
- Measure
- Installed Capacity (MW)
- Last updated
- 7 September 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
How the figures are calculated
- Values are shown as reported by the source. Nothing is rescaled, rebased or converted — the only changes are thousand separators and decimals shown to two places.
- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2026.
Data Sources & References
All external sources cited in this dataset
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