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Sarah Green on Dec 21st, 2011 in
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Electricity is mostly generated at an amount that meets what is demanded, as it is tricky to store surplus energy. Nevertheless it’s feasible to store smaller quantities of energy for personal and domestic uses. Batteries and fuel cells both produce electricity by employing electrochemical reactions. Flywheels store energy as they spin.
The battery
A convenient store of energy is the electrical cell or...
Posted by
Sarah Green on Dec 20th, 2011 in
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The electricity generation process involves several energy changes, irrespective of the 1st energy source that’s utilised. Traditionally, electricity has been generated using fossil fuels, especially coal. More recently, power stations have started to use gas and oil as their source of energy. Oil-fired power stations are common in oil manufacturing nations, such as Indonesia. Gas burns more cleanly and...