Cogeneration
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Cogeneration or combined heat and power (CHP) is the use of a heat engine or power station to generate electricity and useful heat at the same time.
Masnedø CHP power station in Denmark. This station burns straw as fuel. The adjacent greenhouses are heated by district heating from the plant.
A cogeneration plant in Metz, France. The 45MW boiler uses waste wood biomass as an energy source, providing electricity and heat for 30,000 dwellings.
Rostock Power Station, a bituminous coal-fired combined heat and power plant in Germany
Hanasaari Power Plant, a coal-fired cogeneration power plant in Helsinki, Finland
Power station
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A power station, also referred to as a power plant and sometimes generating station or generating plant, is an industrial facility for the generation of electric power. Power stations are generally connected to an electrical grid.
The Athlone Power Station in Cape Town, South Africa
Hydroelectric power station at Gabčíkovo Dam, Slovakia
Hydroelectric power station at Glen Canyon Dam, Page, Arizona
Dynamos and engine installed at Edison General Electric Company, New York 1895