power generation
Making usable current
Power generation is the process of producing electricity from various energy sources—coal, natural gas, nuclear reactions, solar radiation, wind, or flowing water.
The term encompasses both the industrial-scale production at power plants and smaller-scale systems like home solar panels: The region's power generation relies heavily on hydroelectric dams.
Also called electricity generation.
- hydropowerElectricity from flowing currents
- coalCombustible sedimentary rock
- fossil fuelsCombustible prehistoric organic deposits
- electricityEnergy from charged particles
- wind turbinesMachines converting air movement to electricity
solar panels · steam turbines · turbine blades · natural gas · renewable energy · tidal forces · substations · microgrids · energy conversion · baseload · peak demand · photovoltaic cells · nuclear reactors · geothermal heat · hydroelectric dams · output · grid · off the grid
- energyelectricity, oil, fuel, gas, battery
- engineeringengineers, civil engineering, engineering, electrical engineering, blueprint
- heavy industrysteel mills, steel production, steel industry, steelmaking, smelters
- energy sourcesoil, gas, coal, solar, wind
- utilitieselectricity, water supply, public utilities, water line, gas service
- Mechanical Engineeringmechanical engineer, design engineer, valves, motors, aerospace engineer
power generationpower consumption
Rate of electrical usage
energy consumption · electricity consumption · load · power draw · power drain
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