Key:plant:method

plant:method
Description
Method by which the energy is converted in a power plant 
Group: Power
Used on these elements
Documented values: 8
Requires
Useful combination
Status: de facto
plant:source plant:method Description

nuclear

fission plants using fission to produce heat, steam and then electricity
fusion plants using nuclear fusion to produce heat and then electricity

wind

wind_turbine Wind turbine

hydro

water-storage plant producing electricity with turbines fed by water coming from a lake behind a dam.
Note: Power plants in Switzerland must have a storage capacity of at least 25% of the average expected winter production, otherwise they are plant:method=run-of-the-river plants.
water-pumped-storage plant producing electricity like plant:method=water-storage and additionaly able to pump water from a lower lake to the storage lake when needed.
run-of-the-river plant producing electricity with turbine using stream of a river (with no storage dam)
Note: Power plants in Switzerland having storage dams with a capacity less than 25% of the average expected winter production are plant:method=run-of-the-river plants.

tidal

barrage  Tidal power
stream  Marine current power

wave

-  Wave power

geothermal

-  Geothermal energy

solar

thermal plant producing hot water/steam with sun power
photovoltaic plant producing electicity with sun power

coal

combustion  Fossil-fuel power station

gas

combustion  Gas power station

biomass

combustion
gasification  Wood gas plant
anaerobic_digestion  Anaerobic digestion

biofuel

combustion  Biofuel

biogas

combustion

oil

combustion

diesel

combustion

gasoline

combustion

waste

combustion  Incineration
gasification  Wood gas plant

battery

lithium-ion  Lithium-ion battery

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