10 Facts About Power plants

Power plants station, referred to as a power plant and sometimes generating station or generating plant, is an industrial facility for the generation of electric power.

Non-dispatchable Power plants include such sources as wind and solar energy; while their long-term contribution to system energy supply is predictable, on a short-term base their energy must be used as available since generation cannot be deferred.

All thermal power plants produce waste heat energy as a byproduct of the useful electrical energy produced.

Power plants using natural bodies of water for cooling are designed with mechanisms such as fish screens, to limit intake of organisms into the cooling machinery.

Power plants is captured from the gravitational force of water falling through penstocks to water turbines connected to generators.

Power plants generated by a power station is measured in multiples of the watt, typically megawatts or gigawatts .

Power plants stations vary greatly in capacity depending on the type of power plant and on historical, geographical and economic factors.

Some power plants are run at almost exactly their rated capacity all the time, as a non-load-following base load power plant, except at times of scheduled or unscheduled maintenance.

However, many power plants usually produce much less power than their rated capacity.

Operators keep power plants turned off or running at minimum fuel consumption most of the time.