Why are thermal power plants set up near coal or oil feilds?
Answers
Answered by
2
Thermal power plant use coal or oil as fuel. Setting a plant near their source helps to reduce their cost of transportation.
Answered by
1
Answer:
Thermal power plants are set near coal or oil fields because the transportation cost of these fuels becomes less. They are sometimes set near seashores so that they can import coal or oil in an economical way. because transmission of electricity is more efficient than transmitting of coal or oil over the same distance
Similar questions