The+Seven+Power+Plants

==== The seven power plants are chemical, nuclear, solar, tidal, hydroelectric, geothermal, and wind. All of the plants work pretty much the same way. First they use a heat source to boil large amounts of water, the steam from that water is sent through a pipe to turn a turbine, the turbine then powers the generator which creates electricity, that is sent through a transformer and to your house. With nuclear, chemical, and solar energy the water is heated up. Chemical power plants burn fossil fuels to heat up the water, nuclear power plants break down uranium atoms which creates alot of thermal energy that heats up the water, and one way to use solar power is to use mirrors to reflect sun ligt onto water getting it to boil. Another way solar energy works is using photovoltaic cells. The PV cells contain silicone crystals, that turn ligt into electric currents. Hydroelectric and tidal plants turn the turbine. With hydroelectric plants water is let out a small opening in a dam and with tidal power when waves come in at high tide they turn a turbine. At wind farms the turbine is directly turned. With geothermal plants pipes are sent undeground and heated up bt the heat coming from underground. Water is sent through those pipes which causes it to boil. . . . . . ====

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BY: ZAYNAB TAVERAS