page_title: Coal-fired power station
hierarchical_section_title: Coal-fired power station
caption_attribution_description: RWE Kraftwerk Frimmersorf, Gustorfer Höhe, NRW
context_page_description: A coal-fired power station or coal power plant is a thermal power station which burns coal to generate electricity. Coal-fired power stations generate over a third of the world's electricity but cause hundreds of thousands of early deaths each year, mainly from air pollution.
  A coal-fired power station is a type of fossil fuel power station. The coal is usually pulverized and then burned in a pulverized coal-fired boiler. The furnace heat converts boiler water to steam, which is then used to spin turbines that turn generators. Thus chemical energy stored in coal is converted successively into thermal energy, mechanical energy and, finally, electrical energy.
  Coal-fired power stations emit over 10 Gt of carbon dioxide each year, almost one fifth of total emissions, so are the single largest source of the greenhouse gases which are causing global warming. In 2020 the total number of plants started falling as they are being retired in Europe and America despite still being built in Asia, almost all funded by China. There is the risk these plants may become stranded assets.
context_section_description: A coal-fired power station or coal power plant is a thermal power station which burns coal to generate electricity. Coal-fired power stations generate over a third of the world's electricity but cause hundreds of thousands of early deaths each year, mainly from air pollution.
  A coal-fired power station is a type of fossil fuel power station. The coal is usually pulverized and then burned in a pulverized coal-fired boiler. The furnace heat converts boiler water to steam, which is then used to spin turbines that turn generators. Thus chemical energy stored in coal is converted successively into thermal energy, mechanical energy and, finally, electrical energy.
  Coal-fired power stations emit over 10 Gt of carbon dioxide each year, almost one fifth of total emissions, so are the single largest source of the greenhouse gases which are causing global warming. In 2020 the total number of plants started falling as they are being retired in Europe and America despite still being built in Asia, almost all funded by China. There is the risk these plants may become stranded assets.
caption: Frimmersdorf Power Station in Grevenbroich, Germany
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