TY - BOOK ED - International Energy Agency, IEA TI - Power generation from coal : measuring and reporting efficiency performance and CO2 emissions U1 - 333.822 PY - 2010/// CY - Paris PB - IEA KW - CARBON KW - PRODUCCION DE ENERGIA KW - ENERGIA ELECTRICA KW - DIOXIDO DE CARBONO N1 - 04272 N2 - Coal-fired power plants, also known as power stations, provide over 42 percent of global electricity supply. At the same time, these plants account for over 28 percent of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. This report responds to a request to the IEA from G8 leaders in their Plan of Action on climate change, clean energy and sustainable development. This report reviews the methods used to calculate and express coal - fired power plant efficiency and CO2 emissions, and proposes a means to reconcile differences between these methods so that comparisons can be made on a common basis ER -