Power station
device · 1882 · Electric age
A plant that produces electricity; Edison’s Pearl Street.
What it is made of
- Electric generator — has part. Generators produce the current.
Principles and materials it uses
- Brick — is made of. The buildings of the first power stations were brick.
- Coal — uses. The first stations ran on coal.
Where it is used
- Electrical grid — is part of. Power stations feed the grid.
What it is a kind of
- Thermal power station — includes. A kind of power station.
- Hydroelectric power station — includes. A kind of power station.
- Solar power station — includes. A power station.
- Geothermal power station — includes. A power station.
- Tidal power station — includes. A power station.
- Nuclear power plant — includes. A power station.
- Wave power station — includes. A power station.