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The process of combustion combines fuel with oxygen, to produce carbon dioxide and heat.

If the fuel is burned in a boiler to produce steam, this heat energy is converted to pressure energy in the steam.

The pressure energy is converted to rotating kinetic energy as the steam spins a turbine. Finally the rotating kinetic energy is converted to electric energy in the generator.

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