| Electrical energy was one of man’s greatest | | | | bodies. |
| discoveries. It has helped build new civilizations. The | | | | Water accounts for 90 percent of the world’s |
| large amount of electricity produced has its source in | | | | electricity generated through renewable resources. |
| fossil fuels, nuclear fission, water, and wind. This | | | | By wind: Electricity is produced when wind energy is |
| article will explore the different methods of electricity | | | | converted to electrical energy. Wind mills or wind |
| production. | | | | turbines are used to churn up enormous amounts of |
| Electricity is churned out by enormous turbines. | | | | wind energy which is then converted into electrical |
| These turbines need a support to be moved. There | | | | energy. |
| are various ways of moving these turbines: | | | | The latest in wind energy advancement tells us that |
| By burning fossil fuels: Electricity is produced when | | | | wind energy is helping create portable cell phone |
| the blades of a turbine are moved by enormous | | | | chargers. |
| amounts of vapour. This vapour is generated by | | | | By nuclear fission: Yes, nuclear fission does not only |
| heating a lot of water in huge furnaces. The water is | | | | make atom bombs, but also helps produce electricity. |
| heated by burning fossil fuels like coal, petroleum, and | | | | Nuclear fission causes a chain reaction where the |
| natural gas. This method releases enormous amounts | | | | element Uranium is bombarded by neutrons causing it |
| of carbon dioxide in the air, thus severely polluting | | | | to split. Every time a Uranium nucleus is split, more |
| our atmosphere. It is important to turn to alternate | | | | neutrons are released, causing more splits in the |
| methods of electricity production for long-term | | | | already split Uranium nuclei. The resultant chain |
| benefits. | | | | reaction generates a lot of heat which is used to |
| By water: You must have heard how dams are | | | | heat water the vapour of which eventually moves |
| constructed to produce electricity. A popular method | | | | turbines to create electricity. |
| to produce electricity, a water dams serves two | | | | By bio-waste: With technological advancements, |
| purposes: restricting water bodies and producing | | | | electricity is also being produced by bio-waste. |
| electricity. Water dams use the river water to move | | | | Bio-gas is a typical way of generating electricity in |
| turbines, helping them produce electricity. Electricity | | | | rural areas in countries like India. In fact, a new |
| generated this way helps control air pollution; | | | | technology evolved in the state of Bihar in India that |
| however, this method of electricity production | | | | uses human waste to generate electricity. |
| adversely affects the ecosystem in the water | | | | |