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In this case, the Energy will be electricity. Electricity flows through wires (and any other conductive material) by "Electron Exchange". The first thing that must be present is a Voltage Difference (potential).

For example; when you turn on a car's headlights, you have now placed a +12Vdc potential on one side of the bulb and a ground on the other.

Since there is now a +12 volt difference, the current (which is electron flow) will flow from the + to the negative (or ground).

The electrons in this circuit are jumping from one atom to the next because they have been excited by this +12 volt difference.

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'Electricity' is a subject, not a quantity. So 'electricity' doesn't 'flow through wires'; current does.

However, energy does NOT flow through wires. Direct current is so slow that it would be impossible for the electrons to transfer energy from the supply to the load; alternating current moves backwards and forwards, so cannot transfer energy from the supply to the load.

Energy is transferred, external to the wires, by a combination of the electric and magnetic fields -something called the 'Poynting Field' -do an internet search for more information.

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