Conventional coal-fired power plant/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Conventional coal-fired power plant.

An industrial plant which produces electricity by burning coal in a steam generator that heats water to produce high pressure steam. The steam flows through a series of steam turbines which spin an electrical generator to produce electricity.