Operating Coal Power Capacity

Every year in one file, one row per country per year: coal-power-capacity-all-editions-nations-inquiry.csv

Every column in the newest file of Operating Coal Power Capacity: what it holds, how it is stored, and its range.

Column	What it holds	Stored as	Range, 2026	Distinct	Empty	Spread
CountrycountryName	The country’s name, as this file spells it.	Text	—	109	0
ISO Codecountry_codeIdentifier	The ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code, added by this site. Every table here joins on it.	Text · 3 letters	—	109	0
Operating (MW)operating_mwHeadline	The headline figure: Coal-fired capacity in operation (megawatts).	Number · up to 1 decimal	035 share it1,263,101Chinamiddle 525	74	0
Under construction (MW)construction_mwMeasure	Coal-fired capacity under construction, in megawatts.	Number · up to 1 decimal	093 share it204,171Chinamiddle 0	17	0
Proposed: announced, pre-permit and permitted (MW)pre_construction_mwMeasure	Coal-fired capacity proposed but not yet under construction — announced, pre-permit and permitted together — in megawatts.	Number · whole numbers	080 share it331,197Chinamiddle 0	29	0
Announced (MW)announced_mwMeasure	Coal-fired capacity that has been announced but has not begun the permitting process, in megawatts.	Number · whole numbers	089 share it218,478Chinamiddle 0	20	0
Pre-permit (MW)pre_permit_mwMeasure	Coal-fired capacity that is seeking the permits it needs to be built, in megawatts.	Number · whole numbers	087 share it43,475Chinamiddle 0	22	0
Permitted (MW)permitted_mwMeasure	Coal-fired capacity that has its permits but has not begun construction, in megawatts.	Number · whole numbers	097 share it69,244Chinamiddle 0	12	0
Shelved (MW)shelved_mwMeasure	Coal-fired capacity whose proposals have stalled without being cancelled, in megawatts.	Number · whole numbers	086 share it75,964Chinamiddle 0	22	0
Cancelled since 2010 (MW)cancelled_mwMeasure	Coal-fired capacity whose proposals were cancelled since 2010, in megawatts.	Number · up to 1 decimal	020 share it594,565Chinamiddle 1,380	84	0
Mothballed (MW)mothballed_mwMeasure	Coal-fired capacity that has stopped running but has not been retired, in megawatts.	Number · whole numbers	080 share it15,645Ukrainemiddle 0	28	0
Retired since 2000 (MW)retired_mwMeasure	Coal-fired capacity retired since 2000, in megawatts.	Number · up to 1 decimal	058 share it172,708United Statesmiddle 0	52	0

Profiled from the newest file. Range: the lowest and highest value, with the country holding it when only one does. Spread: countries in ten equal steps from lowest to highest. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

One year, covering 109 countries.

Not in this dataset · 116 places this site covers

Global Energy Monitor gives no figure for these in any year held here. It is the publisher’s choice of scope, and each place’s profile shows what is measured.

AlgeriaAmerican SamoaAndorraAngolaAnguillaAntigua and BarbudaArmeniaArubaAzerbaijanBahamasBahrainBarbadosBelizeBeninBermudaBhutanBoliviaBritish Virgin IslandsBurkina FasoBurundiCabo VerdeCameroonCayman IslandsCentral African RepublicChadChannel IslandsComorosCook IslandsCosta RicaCubaCuraçaoCyprusDominicaEcuadorEquatorial GuineaEritreaEstoniaFaroe IslandsFijiFrench PolynesiaGabonGambiaGibraltarGreenlandGrenadaGuamGuinea-BissauGuyanaHaitiIcelandIraqIsle of ManJordanKiribatiKuwaitLebanonLesothoLiberiaLibyaLiechtensteinLithuaniaLuxembourgMacauMaldivesMaliMaltaMarshall IslandsMauritaniaMicronesiaMonacoMontserratNauruNepalNicaraguaNiueNorthern CyprusNorthern Mariana IslandsNorwayPalauPalestineParaguayQatarRepublic of the CongoRwandaSaint Kitts and NevisSaint LuciaSaint MartinSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesSamoaSan MarinoSão Tomé and PríncipeSaudi ArabiaSeychellesSierra LeoneSingaporeSint MaartenSolomon IslandsSomaliaSomalilandSouth SudanSurinameSwitzerlandTimor-LesteTogoTongaTrinidad and TobagoTunisiaTurkmenistanTurks and Caicos IslandsTuvaluUgandaUnited States Virgin IslandsUruguayVanuatuVatican CityYemen

1. 1 · Publisher

   Global Energy Monitor

   globalenergymonitor.org

2. 2 · Their file

   Global Coal Plant Tracker, July 2026 release — coal-fired power capacity by country

   Read from the publisher’s own service.

3. 3 · Read by this site

   September 29, 2026

   Imported by a script that parses each figure and writes it down unrounded.

4. 4 · Stored as

   1 file, one per year

   It downloads as a CSV: coal-power-capacity-all-editions-nations-inquiry.csv

5. 5 · Used on

   Its statistic page, and every profile it measures

   /statistics/coal-power-capacity

From Global Energy Monitor’s Global Coal Plant Tracker, read from its own country summary table. Figures are the table’s stored values, to a tenth of a megawatt, which is more precise than the whole numbers it displays.

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  Operating Coal Power Capacity by country

  Who is highest, the map, the spread, who rose and fell, and the records.

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