TECHNOFIT INFORYOU: WHAT IS POWER PLANT ?

A power plant is an industrial facility that generates electricity from primary energy. Most power plants use one or more generators that convert mechanical energy into electrical energy in order to supply power to the electrical grid for society’s electrical needs. The exception is solar power plants, which use photovoltaic cells (instead of a turbine) to generate this electricity.

The type of primary fuel or primary energy flow that provides a power plant its primary energy varies. The most common fuels are coal, and natural gas. A substantially used primary energy flow for electricity generation is hydroelectricity (water). Other flows that are used to generate electricity include wind, solar, geothermal and tidal.

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