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Fossil fuel is ignited, the heat boils water, the expansion of the water as steam drives a turbine, the turbine drives an electric generator.
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What happens to the lost energy when fossil fuel is used to generate electricity?
Energy is never lost, it is transformed into different types or transferred into different systems. Some of this is useful energy, for example thermal energy used to power a turbine or generator. Some of this thermal energy is not useful, and instead just heats up the fuel container or components of the generator. This energy has still come from the fossil fuel being burned, but it has not been transferred into the system for generating electricity.
What are three advantages of nuclear power plants compared with power plants that burn fossil fuels?
Nuclear power plants don't emit greenhouse gases, need little fuel to generate a lot of power, and can produce electricity continuously.
How electricity is generated in fossil fuel power stations?
The fuel is used to boil water, the resulting steam is used to turn a turbine which turns a generator.
How can geothermal energy be converted to electrical energy?
The same way that burning fossil fuel is used to produce steam to turn an electrical generator. Geothermal heat from far beneath the ground is captured and used to turn a dynamo or turbine to generate electricity.
Is coal a renewable resource used for the generation of electricity?
Wind, solar and hydro are currently used to produce power. Hydroelectric being the most common and useful of the three methods.
Which fossil fuel is used to generate electricity?
All fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) are used to generate electricity.
Why do you need coal to generate electricity?
because it an fossil fuel
How fossil fuel are used to generate electricity?
Fossil fuels are burned to spin a generator which in turn produces electricity.
What fossil fuel is used to generate most of the world's electricity?
Coal
Is wind a fossil energy?
Sort of.Wind turbines generate electricity,wich is a fossil fuel.
What fossil fuel is used the most to generate electricity?
Oil is now used the most
What can Fossil Fuel and Natural Gas power?
Virtually anything. Fossil fuels generate electricity which can power most any modern devices.
Does fossil fuel generate electricity?
The heat from coal turns water into steam. It is the steam that turns generator turbine blades to create electricity.
What are three types of fossil fuels used in Texas to generate electricity?
Coal, fuel oil and natural gas.
How much electricity does fossil fuel generate each year?
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How does the telephone add to global warming?
Anything powered by electricity usually relies on the burning of fossil fuel to generate that power. Burning fossil fuel is the primary cause of global warming.
What fossil fuel is predominately used in the US to generate electricity?
Coal is still primarily used in the US to generate power (~47% of all electricity generated), however natural gas is being used increasingly to generate electricity (~20% of all electrical generation).
