Power plants refer to power plants that convert some form of raw energy into electricity for fixed facilities or transportation, such as thermal, hydraulic, steam, diesel or nuclear power plants.

Thermal power generation is generated by burning fuels (coal, petroleum and its products, natural gas, etc.). There are two main forms of thermal power generating units: high temperature and high pressure steam generated by boilers to drive turbines to generate electricity by rotating, which is called turbogenerator units; fuel entering gas turbine will directly convert thermal energy into mechanical energy to drive generators to generate electricity, which is called gas turbine generating units. Thermal power plant usually refers to the power plant mainly consisting of turbogenerator units.

Hydraulic power generation refers to the high river or lake water, River water) through the diversion to the downstream to form a drop to promote the turbine rotation to drive the generator power generation. Hydroelectric power plants are called hydroelectric power plants.

Nuclear power generation is the use of nuclear fuel (such as uranium) in the atomic reactor slowly fission released heat energy to generate steam (instead of the boiler in the thermal power plant) to drive the steam turbine and then drive the generator to rotate power generation. Nuclear power plant is called nuclear power plant, which is called nuclear power plant for short. Wind power generation is called wind power generation, which is driven by large blade rotating generator built on the top of tower by wind power. Wind power generation field is called wind power generation field, which consists of several, ten or even dozens of wind power generators.