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Types of Power Plants – Advantages and Disadvantages

Manish Kumar Saini

Updated on 20-May-2024 5K+ Views

A power plant is a systematic arrangement of electrical equipment used for producing electrical power. In other words, an industrial facility used for producing bulk amount of electric power is called a power plant. Power plant is also called generating station or power station. These power plants are connected to an electrical network, called grid or power grid. A typical power plant contains many electrical and mechanical equipment such as prime mover or turbine, alternators, transformers, circuit breakers, conductors, etc. A source of energy like steam/flowing water is used to rotate the prime mover that in turn drives the alternator ...