What coal is used as major fuel in thermal power plant only?

There are mainly three classifications of coal: Anthracite, Bituminous and Lignite. Lignite has the lowest grade of coal whereas anthracite is the highest one. read more

Generally coal is used as a major fuel in mostly all the thermal power plants because it's the most abundant fossil fuel, easily available at relatively low cost. For electric power generation; lignite coal is generally used. read more

The size of the coal differ for plant to plant. As in thermal power plant the pulverized coal used so the range of the coal size is in between 70 - 200 micron. read more

Power stations burning coal, fuel oil, or natural gas are often called fossil fuel power stations. Some biomass-fueled thermal power stations have appeared also. Non-nuclear thermal power stations, particularly fossil-fueled plants, which do not use cogeneration are sometimes referred to as conventional power stations. read more