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This is a list of articles listing power stations around the world by countries or regions. A power station (also referred to as a generating station, power plant, powerhouse or generating plant) is an industrial place for the generation of electric power .
This article lists the largest power stations in the world, the ten overall and the five of each type, in terms of installed electrical capacity. Non-renewable power stations are those that run on coal , fuel oils , nuclear fuel , natural gas , oil shale and peat , while renewable power stations run on fuel sources such as biomass , geothermal ...
Concentrated solar power; Deep lake water cooling; Diesel; Dyson sphere; Electrical grid; Energy tower; External combustion engine; Spoked flywheel. Fischer–Tropsch process; Flywheel (storage) Fossil fuel; Fossil-fuel power station; Francis turbine; Fuel – a substance used as a source of energy, usually by the heat produced in combustion ...
The following pages lists the power stations in the United States by type: List of largest power stations in the United States; Non-renewable energy
A thermal power station is a power station in which heat energy is converted to electric power. A thermal power station may be referred to as any of the following types: List of biomass power stations; List of coal power stations; List of fuel oil power stations; List of geothermal power stations; List of natural gas power stations; List of ...
The following is a list of photovoltaic power stations that are larger than 500 megawatts (MW) in current net capacity. [1] Most are individual photovoltaic power stations , but some are groups of co-located plants owned by different independent power producers and with separate transformer connections to the grid.
Power stations built in the Soviet Union (2 C, 38 P) Power stations in Spain (5 C, 1 P) Power stations in Sri Lanka (3 C, 1 P) ... Mobile view ...
The following page lists power stations that run on natural gas, a non-renewable resource. Stations that are only at a proposed stage or decommissioned, and power stations that are smaller than 3000 MW in nameplate capacity, are not included in this list. Other power stations may be found in national lists linked from the end of this article.