Short Essay on “Thermal Power in India” – (448 Words)
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When power is produced by burning other fuels such as coal, petroleum, or natural gas in thermal generators or specially designed furnaces, it is called thermal electricity. Thermal Power of which 53% is based on coal and 9.46% on gas, has growing dominant. There are over 310 thermal power plants in India. Assam, Jharkhand, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal produce mainly thermal power.
1. The generation of electricity from fuels like coal, petroleum or nuclear minerals is known as thermal electricity.
2. The generation of thermal electricity depends on the availability of minerals like coal, petroleum and nuclear minerals. These are exhaustible and non-renewable resources. At this rapid pace of consumption their supplies are declining and we need to develop alternate source of producing electricity.