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...e '''[[Sellafield]]''' (pictured) was the world's first commercial nuclear power station ...of the four '''[[List of largest power stations in the world|largest power stations in the world]]''' are in South America ...

...irst coined by Tony West's trading team on the trading floor of [[National Power]] Ltd in Swindon, UK during the late 1990s and quickly came into common usa ...re economically beneficial to the owner of the generator; an [[Independent Power Producer|IPP]] with a dark spread of €15/[[MWh]] will be more profitable th ...

...o reduce the net volume of carbon emissions that is currently emitted from power generators and would reduce the number of emissions that is proposed to be ...[carbon emissions]]. High-emitting power stations, notably the [[Hazelwood power station]] in [[Australia]], attract environmental criticism. Many modern ec ...

...gn or other factors could result in higher emissions from individual power stations. ...not been included. For example, the total life cycle emissions from [[wind power]] may have lessened since publication. Similarly, due to the time frame ove ...

{{Short description|Type of thermal power station}} ...n common to all power stations which convert heat into electricity|thermal power station}} ...

...7538) (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Emissions controls at a [[coal fired power plant]]]] '''Coal pollution mitigation''', sometimes labeled as '''clean ...ower Plants |url=https://www.epa.gov/radtown/radioactive-wastes-coal-fired-power-plants |website=EPA |date=2023-06-15 |access-date=2023-12-27}}</ref> ...

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...ant cooling towers retouched.jpg|thumb|285x285px|[[Cooling tower]] Nuclear power plant]] ..., [[Nuclear power plant|NPP]], [[HEPP|hydropower plant]], and [[PLTS|solar power plant]]. ...

...description|Restoring of electric power station without external electric power}} ...[Northeast blackout of 2003]], which required black-starting of generating stations.]] ...

...Gorges Dam]] hydroelectric power plant in China, the largest hydroelectric power station in the world.]] ...d the largest producer of [[hydroelectricity]], [[solar power]] and [[wind power]] in the world. The [[energy policy]] of China is connected to its [[indust ...

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{{Main|Nuclear power}} ...n [[Japan]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iaea.org/programmes/a2/ |title=Power Reactor Information System |author=IAEA |year=2011 }}</ref>]] ...

...complex applications such as peak-lopping, grid support, and export to the power grid. ...with comparable capital costs; but for regular part-loading, even at these power levels, diesel arrays are sometimes preferred to open cycle gas turbines, d ...

* [[Kilowatt-hour]] (kW·h) – corresponds to one [[Watt#Kilowatt|kilowatt]] of power being used over a period of one hour ({{val|3.6|u=MJ}}). ...ll factor (solar cell)|Fill factor]] – defined as the ratio of the maximum power (Vmp x Jmp) divided by the short-circuit current (Isc) and open-circuit vol ...

...nergy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/power/india-2nd-biggest-driver-of-global-energy-consumption-in-2019-bp-statistica ...-government-report/articleshow/52545715.cms | title=India won't need extra power plants for next three years – Says government report| newspaper=The Economi ...

...ember 2015}}</ref> or '''district/decentralized energy''', is electrical [[Power generation|generation]] and [[Grid energy storage|storage]] performed by a ...and storage components; in this instance, they are referred to as [[hybrid power]] systems.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.atulhost.com/empowering-the-futur ...

...ecades as many current [[coal fired power plant|coal]] and [[nuclear power stations]], built in the 1960s and 1970s, reach the end of their lives and are set t ...ecurity|security]] of supply, the evidence in support of new nuclear power stations is compelling." ...

{{Distinguish|text = [[motor–generator]], a device for converting electrical power to another form}} ...tch]] to disconnect the load from the utility power source when there is a power failure and connect it to the generator. [[File:Cummins Onan Transfer Switc ...

...minimize pollutant emission in addition to minimizing fuel costs and total power loss.<ref name="onlinelibrary.wiley.com" /> ...ly inexpensive [[baseload power]] supply mix is supplemented by '[[peaking power plant]]s', which charge a premium for their electricity. ...