
coal power impacts union of concerned scientists. coal impacts water pollution when you burn charcoal in your grill at home ash is leftover the same is true for coal fired power plants which produce more than 100 million tons of coal ash every year more than half of that waste ends up in ponds lakes landfills and other sites where over time it can contaminate waterways and,coal fired power plant energy education,coal fired power plants also known as coal fired power stations are facilities that burn coal to make steam in order to generate electricity.these stations, seen in figure 1, provide 40 of the worlds electricity. countries such as south africa use coal for 94 of their electricity and china and india use coal for 70-75 of their electricity needs, however the amount of coal china