Fossil fuel steam-electric power plant

Fossil fuel steam-electric power plant
  An electricity generation plant in which the prime mover is a turbine rotated by high-pressure steam produced in a boiler by heat from burning fossil fuels.
  U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Administration's Energy Glossary

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