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No air or water pollution as from burning fossil fuel. No chance of running out of wind. No territorial disputes over ownership of wind. No interruptions due to striking miners or civil war.

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What is the most common way electricity is produced?

The most common way electricity is produced globally is through the burning of fossil fuels such as coal, natural gas, and oil in power plants. These power plants use the heat generated from burning these fuels to produce steam, which drives turbines connected to generators to produce electricity.


What are five ways to produce electricity?

Burning fossil fuels like coal, oil, and natural gas in power plants to generate steam that drives turbines connected to generators. Harnessing the power of flowing water through hydropower plants to turn turbines and generate electricity. Utilizing the heat generated from nuclear reactions to produce steam that drives turbines in nuclear power plants. Capturing the energy from the sun through solar panels to convert sunlight into electricity. Utilizing the force of wind to turn turbines and generate electricity in wind farms.


What are the different ways to produce electricity at home?

There are several ways to produce electricity at home, including solar panels, wind turbines, hydroelectric generators, and backup generators powered by gasoline or natural gas.


How does water make electricity?

Water, as it flows downhill can be made to spin turbines. These turbines can be used to move electromagnets through electrical coils. The motion of magnets, though coils generates electricity through a process called induction.


How does hydoelectric make electricity?

Hydroelectric power is generated by harnessing the energy of flowing water. Water stored in a reservoir flows through turbines, which spin a generator to produce electricity. The movement of the water turns the turbines, converting the kinetic energy of the water into electrical energy.

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What is an advantage to using a wind turbines to produce electricity?

One advantage of using wind turbines to produce electricity is that wind is a renewable and abundant energy source that does not produce greenhouse gas emissions or air pollution during operation. Wind turbines can also be placed in various locations, including offshore, to take advantage of strong wind resources.


How is electricity generate by water?

its actuallly simple, the water turns turbines and the turbines produce electricity.


When generators are spun by turbines they?

produce energy


When generators are spun by turbines they produce?

Produce nuclear energy


What exactly is nuclear energy?

Certain elements such as Uranium 235 and Plutonium 239 give off neutrons. When a neutron hits them, they split into two or more elements and give off more neutrons. They also give off a lot of heat. That heat can be used to boil water. The steam produced can be used to spin turbines. The turbines can spin generators and produce electricity. Burning coal, oil, or gas, can be used to produce the heat to boil water to produce the steam to spin the turbines to spin the generators to produce the electricity. The advantage of nuclear energy is that it does not produce a waste material that is released into the atmosphere.


What energy does burning coal give?

Burning coal gives heat (thermal), light and sound energy.


How does a wind turbines produce electricity for the community?

by wind


How do coal power stations and wind farms generate electricity?

Coal power stations burn coal to heat water to produce steam, which is then used to spin electricity turbines to generate electricity. The burning coal releases carbon dioxide.Wind farms have blades which turn in the wind to spin electricity turbines to generate electricity. There are no harmful carbon dioxide emissions.


How is coal energy obtained?

Coal energy is obtained by burning coal in power plants to generate steam, which then drives turbines to produce electricity. The heat released from burning coal is used to convert water into steam, which spins the turbines connected to generators. This process is known as thermal power generation.


How do wind turbines affect people?

Wind turbines produce electricity for businesses that hire people.


What is one advantage of using wind turbines rather than burning fossil fuel to produce electricity?

One advantage is that we get energy to support our lifestyle without having to dump carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide is bad for the environment, you only have to look at the planet Venus with a 95% carbon dioxide atmosphere and global warming with surface temperatures of 400-500 degrees C.


How do wind turbines affect people's jobs?

Wind turbines produce electricity for businesses that hire people.