-- Burn oil, natural gas, gasoline, kerosene, paraffin, diesel fuel, paper, oily rags,
buffalo dung, dry lemon grass, corn stalks, or wood, in oxygen. Capture the heat
to boil water and spin a steam turbine. Ooops! Water was used.
-- Allow a controlled nuclear fission reaction to proceed slowly in a closed vessel.
Capture the heat to boil water and spin a steam turbine. Ooops! Water was used.
-- Employ several people or water buffalo to pedal stationary bicycles or walk
harnessed in an endless circle, with their respective machinery suitably coupled
to an electric generator. No water is used except that required to keep the
prime movers conscious.
-- Allow the sun to shine onto a panel comprised of photovoltaic cells in series/parallel
configuration. Collect and store free electrical energy.
Electricity to run the dishwasher. That electricity can be generated by coal, solar, gas, or hydro power.
Coal power stations burn coal to heat water to produce steam, which is then used to spin electricity turbines to generate electricity. The burning coal releases carbon dioxide.Wind farms have blades which turn in the wind to spin electricity turbines to generate electricity. There are no harmful carbon dioxide emissions.
Electricity is made by converting some form of energy into electricity. Coal is used to heat water in a boiler to make steam. The steam pressure rotates a turbine to power a generator.
As in a coal power station? Water is heated by the fire, makes steam, turns turbines- electricity.
Electricity can be generated in a variety of ways, not all of which are chemical in nature, but burning coal is one commonly used method; batteries are also chemical sources of electricity, but there are many different kinds of batteries involving many different kinds of chemical reactions. Broadly speaking, electricity is generated with some form of "redox" or reduction-oxidation type of reaction.
yes
The coal is burned to boil water. The high-pressure steam is passed through the blades of a turbine, which turns an electric power generator.
Over half but not all of it
COAL
coal power can be generated at night
I am pretty sure that LESS electricity is generated with biomass, meaning that its use is not as common as coal.
Burning fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) is used to boil water. The steam is used to spin electricity turbines and this generates electricity.
Coal
Steam generates electricity by spinning turbines located within electromagnetic fields. The steam can be generated by heating water using many types of fuels, such as coal, gas, and oil, or through the heat generated from controlled nuclear reactions.
Electricity to run the dishwasher. That electricity can be generated by coal, solar, gas, or hydro power.
India uses Nuclear Powerplants as major sources of it Electricity. It also has a few coal stations and some water turbines at a few dams. But 80% of electricity generated in India is actually nuclear energy.
The US had an abundance of coal and natural gas. It is estimated that 50% of the electricity generated in the US was from coal through burning fossil fuels.