coal-fired power station

facility that converts coal into electricity
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coal-fired power station

Summary

coal-fired power station ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (389 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • coal-fired power station is a type of fossil-fuel power station[2].
  • coal-fired power station is a type of power station[3].
  • coal-fired power station's Commons category is recorded as Coal-fired power plants[4].
  • coal-fired power station comprises steam boiler[5].
  • coal-fired power station comprises steam turbine[6].
  • coal-fired power station comprises electrical generator[7].
  • coal-fired power station comprises transformer[8].
  • coal-fired power station's source of energy is recorded as coal[9].
  • coal-fired power station's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Coal-fired power stations[10].
  • coal-fired power station's product or material produced is recorded as electricity[11].
  • coal-fired power station's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as plant:source=coal[12].
  • coal-fired power station's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as plant:method=combustion[13].
  • coal-fired power station's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as power=plant[14].
  • coal-fired power station's different from is recorded as conventional power plant[15].
  • coal-fired power station's different from is recorded as fossil-fuel power station[16].
  • coal-fired power station's uses is recorded as coal power[17].
  • coal-fired power station's global warming potential is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1337914', 'amount': '+820'}[18].
  • coal-fired power station's by-product is recorded as sulfur dioxide[19].
  • coal-fired power station's by-product is recorded as fly ash[20].
  • coal-fired power station's by-product is recorded as carbon dioxide[21].
  • coal-fired power station's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Climate change[22].
  • coal-fired power station's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Energy[23].
  • coal-fired power station's carbon footprint is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1337914', 'amount': '+820'}[24].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include fossil-fuel power station[2] and power station[3].

Use and Application

Components include steam boiler[5]; steam turbine[6]; electrical generator[7], an invention[25]; and transformer[8].

Why It Matters

coal-fired power station ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (389 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . ipcc.ch. ipcc.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] . ipcc.ch. ipcc.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23d ago · Jeuwre · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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