There are many ways to collect or generate electricity. Humans have been extracting energy from nature since the first windmills of ancient Greece.
There are three ways to extract energy:
- Transfer of movement
- Visible light or heat extraction
- Various types of methods that create electric power
When it comes to electric power generation we can use:
- Chemical reactions
- Water power
- Combustion (Steam turbines and reciprocating steam engines)
- Internal combustion engines
- Nuclear Power
- Solar Power
- Solar Thermal
- Wind Power
- Earth (geothermal)
Now lets learn about the various technologies on our reference pages.
Generators and Dynamos
Steam Turbines
Gas Turbines
Hydro Power
Photovoltaic Power
Passive Solar and CSP
Wind Power