A Power Plant is an electrical power generation plant that produces electricity by converting mechanical power such as the rotation of a turbine into electrical power. In a coal-fired steam station, the combustion of coal turns water into steam and the steam in turn drives turbine generators to produce electricity. The Power Plant includes either fossil fuels, nuclear fission, or renewable sources like hydro, wind power, solar power, geothermal power, and biomass power plants.
Related Definitions in the Project: The Project; Plant and Process Unit; Energy Definitions
Example Article of the Power Plant:
Republican U.S. States Sue EPA over Strict Power Plant Emission Rules (Source: Oil Price on 9 May 2024): By Charles Kennedy - As many as 25 Republican U.S. states sued on Thursday the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), challenging the Administration’s strict rules on emissions from power plants. The attorney general of the states filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Reuters reports. At the end of April, EPA announced final rules on emissions reductions of power plants which would force coal-fired power plants that plan to run in the long-term and all new baseload gas-fired plants to capture most of their carbon emissions. EPA has excluded existing gas-fired power plants from the new regulation that would mandate the installation of carbon capture systems on smokestacks to reduce emissions. This was one of the most controversial issues during the rule-making process. ...