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Term

thermal power plant

Term

A power-generating plant which uses heat to produce energy. Such plants may burn fossil fuels or use nuclear energy to produce the necessary thermal energy.

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Source:

EEA Glossary

Context:

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Definition source publication

ETC/CDS. General Environmental Multilingual Thesaurus (GEMET 2000)

Publication year

2000

Definition source URL

http://glossary.eea.europa.eu/EEAGlossary

Organisation

ETC/CDS

Organisation full name

Subjects

ENERGY

Long definition

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