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Q: What does a hyrdo-electric power station use to generate electricity?
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Does sound energy generate electricity in a power station?

No


What do you call places where fuels are burned to generate electricity?

A power plant or generating station.


What is the difference between electricity being made in a fossil fuel power station to being made in a nuclear power station?

The difference is only the material that is being used to generate electricity.


How does gas fired power station works?

A gas fired power station burns gas to heat water to generate steam to turn turbines to turn coils of wire in magnetic fields to generate electricity. (That should be a record number of verbs used in one sentence ;-) A coal fired power station burns coal to heat water to generate steam to turn turbines to turn coils of wire in magnetic fields to generate electricity. A nuclear power station uses the heat of nuclear reactions to heat water ... A hydro power station uses falling water to turn turbines to turn coils of wire in magnetic fields to generate electricity. A wind turbine uses the wind to turn coils of wire in magnetic fields to generate electricity.


How does a gas-powered station work?

A gas fired power station burns gas to heat water to generate steam to turn turbines to turn coils of wire in magnetic fields to generate electricity. (That should be a record number of verbs used in one sentence ;-) A coal fired power station burns coal to heat water to generate steam to turn turbines to turn coils of wire in magnetic fields to generate electricity. A nuclear power station uses the heat of nuclear reactions to heat water ... A hydro power station uses falling water to turn turbines to turn coils of wire in magnetic fields to generate electricity. A wind turbine uses the wind to turn coils of wire in magnetic fields to generate electricity.


What is coal sed for?

Coal is used for burning to make heat. At home in a fire, at a power station to generate electricity.


Where does a generating station get its power?

There are several ways to generate electricity. Solar, wind, coal, nuclear, diesel etc.


Which type of power station uses chemical energy to generate electricity coal fired or nuclear?

Coal fired


Can you put the word hydroelectric in a sentence?

In hydroelectric power station we use the potential energy of water to generate electricity.


What can solar power generate?

solar power can generate electricity


What is the power station on the Waikato River?

There are nine hydroelectric power stations that generate electricity on the Waikato River. They were constructed between 1929 and 1971.


What is the process by which a nuclear fuel provides the energy needed to generate electricity in a nuclear power station?

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