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    Hydroelectric power plants generate electricity from water flowing through turbines powered by differences in water elevation. Nuclear power plants use heat from nuclear fission to generate steam to turn turbines. Coal power plants burn coal to produce heat that converts to steam to spin turbines. Geothermal energy taps heat from within the earth and uses it to power turbines or directly heat buildings.

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    Hydroelectric power plants generate electricity from water flowing through turbines powered by differences in water elevation. Nuclear power plants use heat from nuclear fission to generate steam to turn turbines. Coal power plants burn coal to produce heat that converts to steam to spin turbines. Geothermal energy taps heat from within the earth and uses it to power turbines or directly heat buildings.

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    Hydroelectric power plant, also called hydropower, electricity produced from

    generators driven by turbines that convert the potential energy of falling or fast-

    flowing water into mechanical energy.

    In the generation of hydroelectric power, water is collected or stored at a

    higher elevation and led downward through large pipes or tunnels (penstocks) to a

    lower elevation; the difference in these two elevations is known as the head.

    In some dams, the powerhouse is constructed on one flank of the dam, part of

    the dam being used as a spillway over which excess water is discharged in times of

    flood.

    A nuclear power plant (sometimes abbreviated as NPP) is a thermal power

    station in which the heat source is a nuclear reactor.

    Nuclear plants are very often used for base load since their operations,

    maintenance, and fuel costs are at the lower end of the spectrum of costs.

    Nuclear power plants have a carbon footprint comparable to that of renewable

    energy such as solar farms and wind farms, and much lower than fossil fuels such as

    natural gas and brown coal.

    A coal-fired power station or coal power plant is a thermal power station

    which burns coal to generate electricity.

    Thus chemical energy stored in coal is converted successively into thermal

    energy, mechanical energy and, finally, electrical energy.


    Coal-fired power stations emit over 10 Gt of carbon dioxide each year, about

    one fifth of world greenhouse gas emissions, so are the single largest cause of climate

    change.

    Some remain profitable because costs to other people due to the health and

    environmental impact of the coal industry are not priced into the cost of generation,

    but there is the risk newer plants may become stranded assets.

    Geothermal energy is heat within the earth. The word geothermal comes from

    the Greek words geo (earth) and therme (heat). Geothermal energy is a renewable

    energy source because heat is continuously produced inside the earth. People use

    geothermal heat for bathing, to heat buildings, and to generate electricity.

    Geothermal power plants require high-temperature (300°F to 700°F)

    hydrothermal resources that come from either dry steam wells or from hot water

    wells.

    Geothermal energy, one of the most promising among renewable energy

    sources, has proven to be reliable, clean and safe, and therefore, its use for power

    production, and heating and cooling is increasing.

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