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Coal is burned to heat water, the water evaporates into steam and is forced through pipes to the generators where it spins turbines. The turbines are designed as magnets around an iron core spun with wire. When the magnets spin around the wire it generates electricity.
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Coal is burned to heat water, the water evaporates into steam and is forced through pipes to the generators where it spins turbines. The turbines are designed as magnets around an iron core spun with wire. When the magnets spin around the wire it generates electricity.
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What percent of the US electricity is produced by coal energy?
Approximately 23% of electricity in the US is produced by coal energy.
What percent of the US electricity is produced from the burning of coal?
Around 23% of the electricity generated in the US comes from burning coal.
What is coal produced for?
Coal is not produced it is mined (it is a natural resource/product). Coal is used (burned) as a source of enery and coal products (given off when coal is heated) are used in the chemical industry.
Energy that is produced commercially from coal is called?
Thermal energy I suppose, but in most cases it is used for electricity. The steel industry uses coal (or coke rather) in blast furnaces.
How does coal produce energy?
Coal produces energy through combustion where heat is generated by burning coal in a furnace. The heat produced converts water into steam which drives a turbine connected to a generator, producing electricity. Coal is a fossil fuel that releases stored energy when burned, making it a primary source for electricity generation in many countries.
What percent of the US electricity is produced by coal energy?
Approximately 23% of electricity in the US is produced by coal energy.
What percentage of electricity produced in Canada is made by coal?
The percentage that of electricity that is made from coal in Canada is 19%
What percentage of us electric is produced by coal?
More than 70% of US electricity is produced from coal.
The largest amount of electricity in the US is produced by what?
Coal
What percent of the US electricity is produced from the burning of coal?
Around 23% of the electricity generated in the US comes from burning coal.
What is coal produced for?
Coal is not produced it is mined (it is a natural resource/product). Coal is used (burned) as a source of enery and coal products (given off when coal is heated) are used in the chemical industry.
Energy that is produced commercially from coal is called?
Thermal energy I suppose, but in most cases it is used for electricity. The steel industry uses coal (or coke rather) in blast furnaces.
How coal is used to make electricity?
Coal is used to generate almost half of all electricity produced in the United States. Besides electric utility companies, industries and businesses with their own power plants use coal to generate electricity. Power plants burn coal to make steam. The steam turns turbines which generate electricity.
Who was president of the US the last time half of your electricity was produced with coal?
George W. Bush
What energy source produced more than 50 percent of the U.S. electricity in 2001?
Coal
How much carbon dioxide is produced from 1 MWh of electricity that is generated by coal?
1 tonne of coal produce 1.83 tonnes of carbon dioxide when burned 1 tonne of coal generates 2.4 MWhours 0.416 tonne of coal generates 1 MWh 0.416 tonne of coal times 1.83 tonnes of CO2/tonne of coal = 0.7625 tonnes of CO2 are produced from 1 MWh of electricity generated by coal
Do battery-driven cars cause pollution?
Depends on where you get the electricity to recharge the batteries. If the electricity is produced in a hydro-electric plant then there is almost no pollution. If the electricity comes from a nuclear power plant then you have nuclear waste. If the electricity comes from a coal-fired plant that you do have pollution from the burning of coal.
