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How much coal for 1 MW?

Updated: 9/25/2023
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1 MW of power running for 1 hour is 1 MWh of energy. One Megawatt-hour of electrical energy takes about half a ton of coal to produce. That would be 12 tons per day for a 1 MW generator, which could supply 300-500 houses (in the UK).

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