| CPC F02C 6/16 (2013.01) [F28D 20/00 (2013.01); F28D 2020/006 (2013.01); F28D 2020/0069 (2013.01); F28D 2020/0078 (2013.01)] | 25 Claims |

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1. A steam power plant, comprising:
a steam-powered electrical generation system comprising a steam boiler for producing pressurized steam and a steam turbine driven by the pressurized steam to produce electrical power; and
a plurality of thermal battery systems configured to supply thermal energy to the steam boiler to produce the pressurized steam,
wherein at least one thermal battery system of the plurality of thermal battery systems comprises:
an electric heater;
a thermal storage system;
a heat exchange system; and
an electricity generator comprising at least one gas turbine and a compressor.
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