TYPES OF POWER GENERATION

A power generation plant is a facility designed to produce electric energy from another form of energy, such as:

• Heat (thermal) energy generated from:
  • fossil fuels;
    • coal
    • petroleum
    • natural gas
  • solar thermal energy
  • geothermal energy
  • nuclear energy
• Potential energy from falling water in a hydroelectric facility
• Wind energy
• Solar electric from solar (photovoltaic) cells
• Chemical energy from:
  • fuel cells
  • batteries

There are many different types of electric power generating plants. The major types generating electric power today are shown below.

Figure 1. Power Generation Plant to transmission line

Figure 2. Fossil fuel power plant

Figure 3. Hydroelectric power plant

Figure 4. Solar thermal power plant

Figure 5. Nuclear power plant

Figure 6. Geothermal power plant

Figure 7. Wind power towers

Installed capacity by source in India as on 31 May 2019