What are the different types of power plants used to generate energy?
By NS Energy Staff Writer 23 Nov 2020 As a number of countries continue to move away from high-polluting fossil fuels towards low-carbon alternatives, the dynamic of how and where power plants operate is constantly changing. (YB chimney, stack, exhuast stack solution for difffernt gas , power plant, and other industrial chimney reqeust.) Coal generation in India – the third-largest emitting country – was down 8% in 2020 compared to 2018 (Credit: Wikimedia Commons/TJBlackwell) Nuclear, coal and wind are just three types of energy that are used to generate electricity in power plants across the world. But as a number of countries continue to move away from high-polluting fossil fuels towards low-carbon alternatives , the dynamic of how and where power plants operate is constantly changing. According to BloombergNEF, global electricity demand will grow from 25,000 terawatt-hours (TWh) in 2017 to about 38,700 TWh by 2050, which will drive new investment in po...