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.

Most power plants use one or moregeneratorsthat convertmechanical energyintoelectrical energyin order to supplypowerto theelectrical gridfor society'selectricalneeds. The exceptionis solar power plants, which usephotovoltaic cells(instead of aturbine) to generate this electricity.

TYPES ARE GIVEN AS FOLLOW :

POWER THERMAL PLANT

Most thermal power plants use fuel to heat up water from a reservoir, which generates steam (usually at a highpressure). The highly pressurized steam then travels through pipes to rotate the fan-like blades of aturbine. As the turbine begins to spin, it causes giantwirecoils inside the generator to turn. This creates relative (continuos) motion between a coil of wire and amagnet, which pusheselectronsand starts the flow of electricity.

Types of thermal plants:

1.Fossil fuel power plants

2.Nuclear power plants

3.Solar thermal power plant

RENEWABLE ENERGY POWER PLANTS

Renewable energy power plants get their energy directly from their respective flows in order to generate electricity. These primary energy sources replenish themselves eventually, but are limited in the amount of energy that is available at any given time or place. Therefore they are often intermittent and non-dispatch able.

TYPES OF RENEWABLE ENERGY POWER PLANTS

1.Hydroelectric facilities

2.Wind turbines

3.Solar panels