Depends on what kind of power station it is, can bea nuclear power plant, a coal-burning power plant, a wind turbine, or a hydroelectric power station.
Coal is used for burning to make heat. At home in a fire, at a power station to generate electricity.
A coal-fired energy plant is one that burns coal (as the source of energy) to make electricity or drive machinery.
A power plant that burns material to make electricity is called a thermal power plant, also known as a combustion power plant. These plants use fossil fuels like coal, natural gas, or oil as the primary material for combustion to generate heat, produce steam, and drive turbines to generate electricity.
Coal Burning Power Plants use the chemical energy stored in coal to generate electricity through a process of combustion. The heat produced from burning coal is used to create steam, which drives a turbine connected to a generator to produce electricity.
Burning is a VERY useful chemical reaction. Automobile engines depend of burning- as does the furnace that heats your home, and the oven that bakes your bread, or the power plant that burns oil, coal or natural gas to make electricity.
Coal is burnt to produce heat to make water boil. The steam drives a turbine which turns a generator to make electricity.
Get your government to make the switch from coal-fired electricity power stations to solar and wind farms. Plant billions of trees all around the world. If we stop burning oil and coal tomorrow, that will stop global warming.
A thermal power plant generates electricity by burning fossil fuels such as coal, oil, or natural gas to produce heat, which is used to boil water and produce steam. The steam then drives turbines that are connected to electric generators, converting the kinetic energy into electricity. The electricity is then transmitted through power lines for distribution.
It depends on the type of power plant. Some of the most common is coal (which is used to make steam to create power) one of the least common in the us is nuclear power.
In a coal-fired power plant, coal is burned to produce heat, which is used to boil water and produce steam. The steam drives a turbine connected to a generator, which generates electricity. The electricity is then transmitted through power lines to homes and businesses for use.
A conventional plant costs about $780 million to build, according to Bechtel...a comparable coal-gas plant would cost about $975 million. source: http://money.cnn.com/2004/10/18/news/economy/coal/