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What is electricity powered by?

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Where do you live? Everything around us is powered by electricity. lights, TV, sound, some heating systems, some stoves, refrigerators.

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it is powered by electrons

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Most electrical energy is generated by generators driven by steam turbines, where the steam is heated by either coal, oil, gas, or nuclear fuel. In mountainous areas, the most common method by means of water turbines.

Alternative methods include gas turbines, diesel engines, wind turbines, tidal barrage systems.

Small scale methods include photovoltaic cells.

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