Global operational coal-fired power stations by country 2024

China has the greatest number of coal-fired power stations of any country or territory in the world. As of July 2024, there were 1,161 operational coal power plants on the Chinese Mainland. This was more than four times the number of such power stations in India, which ranked second. China accounts for over 50 percent of total global coal electricity generation. Coal phase-out worldwideCoal power plants present various health and environmental threats. Besides demanding large quantities of raw material to be burned, this energy source pollutes water and has high greenhouse gas emissions. Due to these reasons and to tackle the climate crisis, 40 countries committed to phase out their coal power plants at the COP26 summit in 2021. However, the three leading economies with the greatest number of operational coal-fired plants that year did not agree to the terms. In 2021, the global capacity of coal power plants in construction stood at 184.5 gigawatts with an additional 111.8 gigawatts announced. Carbon dioxide emissionsChina has been the largest coal polluter worldwide since 1990. In 2021, figures reached a record high of 7.96 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide. That year, India had the second largest carbon dioxide emissions from coal use, followed by the United States. The U.S. was either the largest or second-largest polluter for 55 years, before being overtaken by India.

我国拥有全球最多的燃煤电站，无论是国家还是地区。截至2024年7月，中国大陆运营中的燃煤电站数量达到1,161座，这一数字超过印度排名第二的电站数量近四倍。我国在全球煤炭电力发电总量中占比超过50%。燃煤电站不仅对大量原材料的需求巨大，且对水资源造成污染，并具有高量的温室气体排放。鉴于这些原因以及应对气候危机的需要，在2021年的COP26峰会期间，有40个国家承诺逐步淘汰其燃煤电站。然而，当年运营燃煤电站数量最多的三个主要经济体并未同意相关条款。2021年，全球在建燃煤电站的装机容量达到184.5吉瓦，另有111.8吉瓦的计划被宣布。二氧化碳排放方面，自1990年以来，我国一直是全球最大的煤炭污染国。2021年，二氧化碳排放量达到创纪录的79.6亿吨。当年，印度的煤炭使用产生的二氧化碳排放量位居第二，美国紧随其后。美国在过去55年间要么是最大的，要么是第二大的污染国，直到被印度超越。