Mapped: The world''s coal power plants in 2020
Mapped: The world''s coal power plants Since 2000, the world has doubled its coalfired power capacity to around 2,045 gigawatts (GW) after explosive growth in China and India. A further 200GW is being built and 300GW is planned. More recently, 268GW has closed due to a wave of retirements across the EU and US.