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

Explanation

(i) Thermal energy is used in power plants using coal, Uranium, Natural gas, (LPG and CNG) as fuels.
(ii) Generally, thermal power plant uses coal to produce heat and chemical energy of coal is converted into heat during the combustion.
(iii) Apart from coal, natural gas, LPG and CNG are also used as fuel for the thermal power plant.
(iv) Nuclear power plant uses uranium as the source of energy .
(v) In the nuclear power plant the nuclear fission of uranium results in the production of heat which is utilized for the production of steam.
(vi) In the solar thermal plant, the heat is obtained by concentrating solar radiations and then steam is produced.