water power, coal, oil, nuclear power, solar, ocean currents ,wind power
Solar panels convert sunlight into electricity through a process called the photovoltaic effect. The energy source for solar panels is the sun, which provides a renewable and abundant source of energy.
another source of energy must be used to make electricity
Mechanical energy
Electricity is not exactly the source; it is the way energy is transported. The reason electricity is used is because it is an easy way to transport energy from one place to another.
solar energy
solar energy
Hydropower is used to make electricity, usually at dams. Hydroelectric power is a renewable energy source, with energy captured from moving water.
Electricity
Any energy source that generates electricity can be used to run an electricity pump for water. Without electricity, wind power, like a windmill, can be used to pump water, as it has done since the time of the Romans.
Coal is the most used source for electricity in the US. World wide, other countries, I don't know.
Biomass
Electricity and after that natural gas.