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This dimension names the place where a specific energy facility is actually located. Wikipedia notes that a power station is "an industrial facility for the generation of electric power," a facility that is always physically sited in one particular place. Browsing this way collects every facility located in the same place.

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Era of Emergence
1882 1
Physical Basis
Thermal (Steam Cycle) 1
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1. Thermal power station - Wikipedia
  • Thermal power station, History section, Pearl Street/Holborn Viaduct sentence
    When the first commercially developed central electrical power stations were established in 1882 at Pearl Street Station in New York and Holborn Viaduct power station in London, reciprocating steam engines were used.
  • Thermal power station, lead section, thermodynamic cycle sentence
    The heat from the source is converted into mechanical energy using a thermodynamic power cycle (such as a Diesel cycle, Rankine cycle, Brayton cycle, etc.).
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