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Those resources can be converted into whatever type of power is needed.
We know that that process is what goes on inside stars and generates the energy they radiate into space, and we cause the same process to occur and to generate energy in nuclear power plants and weapons.
Not really. It depends on what you are trying to do. A nuclear power plant is a power plant that uses a nuclear reactor as its source of energy. A nuclear reactor, on the other hand, is a more generalized term for a device that uses nuclear energy (specifically the release of binding energy from the Strong Atomic Force) to do something. In the general case, we use the reactor to generate energy for the power plant to use in generating electricity. Sometimes, we use the reactor for other, research type things, such as generating a neutron flux to study the physics of nuclide activation.
Fusion and fission nuclear reactions.
Solar
nuclear power plants
thermal
light
Renewable. It uses the movement of the oceans to generate electricity when it is used for power.
The best type of power plant to generate the most clean energy at a low cost would probably be wind and power energy. However, the issue of space would eventually come into play as it is not the most practical.
Those resources can be converted into whatever type of power is needed.
Coal fired
Hydroelectric power plants
Electricity and steam. In some locations the steam is used to heat homes and businesses.
Hydroelectric power (from a dam), nuclear energy, solar power and wind power generate electricity. Natural gas is used for heating. Solar (the sun) can produce heat and electricity.
Energy can not be created or destroyed. Therefore, to "generate energy" you need some other kind of energy - you convert one type of energy into another.
Australia should be generating solar power because they get lots of the sun's light.