How is electricity produced in a thermal power plant?

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Working of thermal power plant:
Steps: Coal burnt - water converted to steam - turbine rotates - electricity generated.
In thermal power plants, the fuel is burnt to produce heat energy.
A thermal power station is a power plant in which heat energy is converted to electric power.
This heat energy is used to produce steam from water.
Steam is used to rotate turbines which produce electricity.

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