here are just 11 thermal power plants with individual installed capacity of 5GW or more around the world. Eight of them are in China, Japan and Taiwan. Power-technology.com profiles the biggest thermal power plants in the world, based on installed capacity.
#Taichung power plant
in Longjing, Taichung, Taiwan, is the world's biggest thermal power station. It is a coal fired power station with an installed capacity of 5,788MW owned and is operated by the state-owned Taiwan Power Company (Taipower).
#Shoaiba Power Plant, Saudi Arabia
Shoaiba oil-fired power facility located on the Red Sea coast, around 100km south of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, is currently the second biggest thermal power plant in the world. The 5,600MW power station is also the biggest in the Middle East.
