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__**HOW IS ELECTRICITY MADE?**__

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By: Chris Abraham 8.4

Electricity is created when mechanical energy is turned into electrical energy. To create mechanical energy, some companies use a variety of processes, such as: in places with fast running water, companies generate electricity by harnessing the energy of the moving water into hydroelectric dams. The most common way to generate electricity in Alberta is by using coal and natural gas in a “thermal power plant. In a thermal power plant, coal is burned to apply heat to a boiler, which is filled with water. The steam form the boiling water is put into a turbine through thick pipes. The turbine is connected to a generated by another pipe. Inside the generator, a giant magnet inside a ring wrapped with long wire. Because of the steam, the turbine rotates, the magnet inside the generator also turns and electric current is produced in the wire.

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