Power or energy (let me remind you at this juncture that
though the words are used in the synonymous sense here, technically they have
somewhat differently meanings) is generated in a power plant which is the place where
power is generated from a given source. Actually the term “generated” in the
previous sentence is a misnomer since energy cannot be created or destroyed but
merely changed from one form to the other. More correctly, a power plant can be
said to be a place where electrical energy is obtained by converting some other
form of energy. The type of energy converted depends on what type of power plant is being considered.
In the industrial use of the word, the term power plant
also refers to any arrangement where power is generated. For example the
main engine of a ship or an aeroplane for that matter. But in the context of
this articles (and other articles on this topic), just remember that power
plant basically refers to electrical energy generation facility. This leads us
to the next question that how many types of power plants are used commonly for
electrical energy generation?