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Power generation

Boiler (power generation)
High pressure steam generator
Breeder reactor
Nuclear reactor generating more fissile material than it consumes
Coal-fired power station
Facility that converts coal into electricity
Cogeneration
Simultaneous generation of electricity, and/or heating, or cooling, or industrial chemicals
Combined cycle power plant
Type of power station
Concentrated solar power
Large-scale solar thermal system using concentrated sunlight and a steam cycle
Cooling tower
Device which rejects waste heat to the atmosphere through the cooling of a water stream
Electric generator
Device that converts other energy to electrical energy
Electricity generation
Process of generating electrical power
Fossil fuel power station
Facility that burns fossil fuels to produce electricity
Fusion power
Electricity generation through nuclear fusion
Gas turbine
Type of internal combustion engine
Gas-fired power plant
One or more generators which convert natural gas into electricity
Geothermal power
Power generated by geothermal energy
Hydroelectricity
Electricity generated by hydropower
Hydropower
Power generation via movement of water
Induction generator
In electricity
Inertial confinement fusion
Branch of fusion energy research
Micro combined heat and power
Small-scale generation of heat and power
Microgeneration
Small-scale generation of heat and electric power
Molten-salt reactor
Type of nuclear reactor cooled by molten material
Nuclear marine propulsion
Propulsion system for marine vessels utilizing a nuclear powerplant
Nuclear meltdown
Severe nuclear reactor accident that results in core damage from overheating
Nuclear power
Power generated from nuclear reactions
Nuclear reactor
Device used to initiate and control a nuclear chain reaction
Power Station
Topics referred to by the same term
Pressurized heavy-water reactor
Nuclear reactor design
Small modular reactor
Small nuclear reactors that could be manufactured in a factory and transported on site
Solar cell
Device used to produce power from light
Solar energy
Radiant light and heat from the Sun that is harnessed using a range of technologies
Solar Power
Topics referred to by the same term
Steam turbine
Machine that uses steam to rotate a shaft
Thermal power station
Facility where heat is converted to electric power
Tidal power
Technology to convert the energy from tides into useful forms of power
Tokamak
Magnetic confinement device used to produce thermonuclear fusion power
TURBINE (US government project)
Watermill
Structure that uses a water wheel or turbine
Wind power
Electrical power generation from wind
Wind turbine
Machine which converts wind energy into mechanical and electric energy
Windmill
Machine that converts the energy of wind into rotational energy