Other than thermal power plant, which power plants use thermal energy for power generation? In what different ways is the thermal energy obtained?

Explanation

(1) The power plant based on natural gas and the nuclear poer plants also used thermal energy for the power generation. Apart from these, solar energy is also used to produce heat and thereby create the power.
(2) In nuclear power plant the energy is released by carrying out fission of nuclei of atoms like Uranium or Plutonium. This energy is used to generate the stesm of high temperature and high pressure. The steam rotates the turbine. The kinetic energy in steam drived the turbine and turbine in turn drived the generator.
(3) The combustion of natural gas produces gas, which is used to run the turbine. This gas is under high pressure and high temperature. This is used to produce thermal energy.
(4) In solar thermal power plant, thermal energy is generated with the help of solar radiation. For this reflectors and absorbers are used for concentrating solat radiation and converting it into thermal energy.