electricity generation
Making usable current
Electricity generation is the process of converting energy from various sources—coal, natural gas, nuclear reactions, sunlight, wind, water—into electrical power.
Most generation happens at power plants, where turbines spin to produce current.
The country shifted toward renewable electricity generation.
The term often appears in discussions of energy policy and climate change.
- power plantFacility producing electrical energy
- turbineBlade-driven energy converter
- damWater-holding barrier
- hydropowerElectricity from flowing currents
- natural gasSubterranean hydrocarbon fuel
petroleum · burning coal · renewable energy · green energy · nuclear power · coal · tidal power · clean energy · photovoltaic cells · biomass · fossil fuels · carbon emissions · energy grid · offshore wind · geothermal energy · power grid · microgrids · power station
- nuclear energynuclear power, nuclear reactors, nuclear fission, nuclear fusion, uranium
- OTECthermocline, tropical oceans, floating platform, offshore platform
- energypower, oil, fuel, gas, battery
- geothermal energygeothermal heat, fumaroles, geothermal plants, geothermal fields, geothermal field
- waste incinerationincineration, incinerator, incinerators, waste-to-energy, waste incineration
electricity generationelectricity consumption
Energy drawn from grid
power consumption · energy consumption · electrical load · power draw
electricity generationpower transmission
Conveying mechanical energy elsewhere
power distribution · power delivery · electrical transmission
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