A practical, jargon-light walkthrough of power generating stations: definitions, major plant types, core components, how electricity is made and moved, environmental considerations, and where the industry is heading. . Power plants (also called power stations) pull off a similar trick, converting lumps of coal and drops of oil into zaps of electric current that can cook your dinner or charge your phone. If it weren't for power plants, I wouldn't be writing these words now—and you wouldn't be reading them. For utilities in the electric power industry, it is the stage prior to its delivery (transmission, distribution, etc.
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