| Have you always wondered where electrical | | | | electrical energy. |
| energy comes from? It is difficult to imagine our | | | | The latest in wind energy advancement says us |
| lives without its existence. Almost everything in | | | | that wind energy is helping create portable cell |
| our day by day lives depends on access to | | | | phone battery charger. |
| electricity. | | | | By burning fossil fuels: electrical energy is |
| Electrical energy was one of human beings biggest | | | | developed when the blades of a turbine are |
| discoveries. It has helped build new civilizations. | | | | moved by tremendous amounts of vapour. This |
| The large sum of electrical energy produced has | | | | vapour is generated by heating a lot of water in |
| its source in fossil fuels, nuclear fission, water, and | | | | vast furnaces. The water is heated by burning |
| wind. This article will explore the different | | | | fossil fuels like coal, petroleum, and natural gas. |
| techniques of electricity production. | | | | This process releases large amounts of CO2 in |
| Electrical energy is churned out by enormous | | | | the air, thus seriously polluting our atmosphere. It's |
| turbines. These turbines need a support to be | | | | important to turn to alternate techniques of |
| moved. There are several ways of moving these | | | | electrical energy production for long-term benefits. |
| turbines: | | | | By nuclear fission: Yes, nuclear fission doesn't only |
| By water: You must have heard how dams are | | | | make atom bombs, but also helps produce |
| constructed to produce electrical energy. A | | | | electrical energy. Nuclear fission causes a chain |
| popular technique to produce electrical energy, a | | | | chemical reaction where the element Uranium is |
| water dams serves two purposes: restricting | | | | bombarded by neutrons causing it to spilt. All time |
| water bodies and producing electricity. Water | | | | a Uranium nucleus is split, more neutrons are |
| dams use the river water to move turbines, | | | | released, causing more splits in the already split |
| helping them produce electrical energy. Electricity | | | | Uranium nuclei. The resultant chain reaction gives a |
| generated this process helps control air pollution; | | | | lot of heat which is used to heat water the |
| however, this technique of electrical energy | | | | vapour of which eventually moves turbines to |
| production adversely affects the ecosystem in | | | | create electrical energy. |
| the water bodies. | | | | By bio-waste: With technological advancements, |
| Water accounts for ninety percent of the | | | | electrical energy is also being developed by |
| world’s electrical energy generated by | | | | bio-waste. Bio-gas is a typical way of generating |
| renewable resources. | | | | electrical energy in rural areas in countries like |
| By wind: electrical energy is produced when wind | | | | India. In fact, a new technology evolved in the |
| energy is converted to electrical energy. Wind mills | | | | state of Bihar in India that uses human waste to |
| or wind turbines are used to churn up large | | | | generate electrical energy. |
| amounts of wind energy which is then turned into | | | | |