Where is electricity generated?

Answer 1

Mostly it is generated by generators driven by steam turbines. The steam raising for this purpose can be fuelled by coal or natural gas, or nuclear reactors.The total of these methods is about 89 percent of total electricity generation.There are some large hydro schemes where the generators are driven by water flow, these account for about 7 percent. Wind power is about 0.7 percent, and other methods make up the rest. (figures for USA year 2006)

Answer 2

The cleanest and best way to produce large amounts of electricity is either wind or solar. With wind, large turbines connected to a generator are spun by wind while on the other hand solar is with solar cells.

Answer 3

There are many ways to generate electricity for an electric car, which is what makes them so convenient when compared to gas cars.

Reasonable methods

1. Electricity can be stored in a battery in the car and charged at home like a cell phone, just plug it into the wall.

The electricity from your house could be generated for absolutely no cost if you have solar panels on your roof, a wind turbine in your backyard, or a water turbine (if for some reason you have a river in your backyard).

Electricity could also come from a gas power plant, (which defeats the point of getting an electric car) a nuclear power plant (which is incredibly efficient when it is safely operated), or a geothermal plant.

2. Electricity can be generated on the car with a solar panel, although this method is uncommon because modern solar panel technology is not very efficient. New methods of acquiring solar energy and utilizing it for cars is a possible future with the discovery of quantum dot solar generators, which are much more efficient than modern solar panels, however these are not commercial yet. (Unfortunately)

Highly Inefficient Methods

3. Electricity can be generated while a car is stalled and the wind is blowing with a fold up wind generator turbine.

4. Electricity can be generated from inertia collected from rain water that causes a turbine to spin and generate electricity.

5. A gas powered engine can charge up the battery.

6. A steam engine can charge up the battery.

7. A squirrel running inside of a tiny spin wheel cage can charge up the battery.

8. A on board nuclear power generator could charge up the battery. (Don't try this at home)

Answer 4

Electricity can be generated almost anywhere: on the land, underwater, in the sky, in outer space, etc. Usually, we get most of our electricity from power plants, but you can make solar panels or windmills to get your own electricity.