Texas has the greatest coal power generating capacity of any U.S. state. As of August 2024, Texan utility-scale coal power stations had a combined net summer capacity of around 16.6 gigawatts. That was more than three gigawatts more than coal power plants in Indiana, with the Midwestern state ranking second.
Net summer capacity of utility-scale coal-fired power plants in the United States as of 2024, by state
(in megawatts)
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EIA. (October 24, 2024). Net summer capacity of utility-scale coal-fired power plants in the United States as of 2024, by state (in megawatts) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1252480/us-coal-power-capacity-by-state/
EIA. "Net summer capacity of utility-scale coal-fired power plants in the United States as of 2024, by state (in megawatts)." Chart. October 24, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1252480/us-coal-power-capacity-by-state/
EIA. (2024). Net summer capacity of utility-scale coal-fired power plants in the United States as of 2024, by state (in megawatts). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1252480/us-coal-power-capacity-by-state/
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EIA, Net summer capacity of utility-scale coal-fired power plants in the United States as of 2024, by state (in megawatts) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1252480/us-coal-power-capacity-by-state/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Net summer capacity of utility-scale coal-fired power plants in the United States as of 2024, by state (in megawatts) [Graph], EIA, October 24, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1252480/us-coal-power-capacity-by-state/
Coal energy in the U.S.
