The geographic distribution characteristics of thermal power plants: mainly distributed in the north of China, the distribution of power plants, "South Water, North Fire," the saying. Thermal power is mainly distributed in the north of China's coal-rich provinces, thermal power plants are set up near the coal production.
The reason is that the thermal power plant is mainly used to generate coal heat into electricity, the consumption of coal is very large, so only the distribution of coal production base in order to reduce unnecessary transportation costs, improve the economic efficiency of the thermal power plant.
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