Electricity generation
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Electricity generation is the process of generating electric power from sources of primary energy. For utilities in the electric power industry, it is the stage prior to its delivery to end users or i
A turbo generator
Dynamos and engine installed at Edison General Electric Company, New York, 1895
Wind turbines usually provide electrical generation in conjunction with other methods of producing power.
Large dams, such as Hoover Dam in the United States, can provide large amounts of hydroelectric power. It has an installed capacity of 2.07 GW.
Cogeneration
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Cogeneration or combined heat and power is the use of a heat engine or power station to generate electricity and useful heat at the same time.
Masnedø CHP power station in Denmark. This station burns straw as fuel. The adjacent greenhouses are heated by district heating from the plant.
A cogeneration plant in Metz, France. The 45 MW boiler uses waste wood biomass as an energy source, providing electricity and heat for 30,000 dwellings.
Rostock Power Station, a bituminous coal-fired combined heat and power plant in Germany
Hanasaari Power Plant, a former coal-fired cogeneration power plant in Helsinki, Finland