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Power plants burn fuel by literally burning it with the oxygen in air. The flames heat water, the water turns to steam, and the steam generates electricity in turbines coupled to generators.

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If 35 percent of the fuel is converted into electricity this is called the what of the power plant?

It is the efficiency of the power plant.


What is the difference between the way a fossil fuel power point generates electricity and the way a nuclear power plant generates electricity?

A fossil fuel power plant burns coal, oil, or natural gas to heat water and produce steam, which turns a turbine connected to a generator to produce electricity. In contrast, a nuclear power plant uses nuclear reactions to heat water and produce steam to turn the turbine and generator. Nuclear power plants do not emit greenhouse gases during operation, while fossil fuel power plants do.


What is MW power plant?

A MW power plant, or a megawatt power plant, is a power generation facility that produces electricity at a rate of one million watts. It is a unit of power measurement and is commonly used to describe the capacity of a power plant. MW power plants can be thermal, hydroelectric, renewable, or any other type of power plant that generates electricity.


How does a nuclear power plant power homes?

In a nuclear power plant, nuclear reactions generate heat, which is used to produce steam. The steam drives turbines connected to generators that produce electricity. This electricity is then transmitted through power lines to homes and businesses for use.


How does electricity get from a power plant to your home?

Electricity generated at a power plant is transmitted through high-voltage power lines to substations. At the substations, the voltage is reduced for distribution to homes through local power lines. The electricity enters your home through the meter and electrical panel.

Related Questions

What are the factories called that process electricity?

electricity is made in a power plant.


What is the plant that burns waste to produce electricity?

An incinerator is a plant that burns waste to produce electricity. The process involves combusting the waste materials to generate heat, which is then used to produce steam to drive turbines and generate electricity. This method helps in reducing the volume of waste while also generating power.


How does electricity get to place to place?

Electricity travels in electrons through conductive material. The way that electricity can get from point to point is by traveling through wire-enclosed metallic material that is most accepting to the electrons. The result is electricity from a far distance from a main power plant which generates the electricity.


Does electricity flow back to power plant?

Electricity does flow back to the power plant. This electricity is what forms the circuit needed to actually deliver the electricity to you when you need it.


What is the uses of power plant?

A power plant is designed to produce electricity.


Where is the thetford power station located?

The Thetford Power Station is located in Norfolk, England. It is a plant that burns poultry litter in order to convert it into electricity. It is the thrid one of its kind in England.


What is power plant?

a power plant is a factory that produces lots of electricity. It might even produce electricity to your whole state


Why the nuclear power plant build?

Because the power plant is the source of electricity


If 35 percent of the fuel is converted into electricity this is called the what of the power plant?

It is the efficiency of the power plant.


Plant that burns waste to produce electricity?

Biomass power stations. (Regular power stations that burn coal can easily be converted to burning biomass (vegetation), reducing pollution, just by changing the fuel.)


The power plant is a what of electricity?

The unit of power is the watt? Other than that, the question makes no sense. I mean, The power plant is ?? of electricity? Still not obvious...................... generator?????


What is a nuclearur power plant?

a nuclear power plant produces electricity from uranium 235