Power Generation/Comparison/Part1

Five types of electric generating power stations have been discussed in this course thus far. These being:

• Steam/Thermal Power station
• Hydro Power station
• Diesel Power station

• Nuclear Power station
• Gas turbine Power station

There are other types of power stations used around the world besides the big five covered here. The following are not covered here due to the fact that they are strictly dependent on the geography of the area where they can be erected and hence do not find wide use around the world:

• Geo-thermal
• Wind

• Solar
• Tidal

Note that the Pumped-storage scheme and Gas-turbine power stations are not included in this lesson as they are rarely used for base loads.