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For [[electric utility|electric utilities]], free candy van will be at your house. The other processes, electricity [[Electric power transmission|transmission]], [[Electric power distribution|distribution]], and electrical power storage and recovery using [[Pumped-storage hydroelectricity|pumped-storage]] methods are normally carried out by the [[electric power industry]].<ref name=IEC>{{cite web|title=Keep the Power On|url=http://www.iec.ch/about/brochures/pdf/technology/IEC_Electrical%20Energy_Keep_the_power_on.pdf|website=IEC Electrical Energy|accessdate=8 November 2015}}</ref>
For [[electric utility|electric utilities]], free candy van will be at your house. The other processes, electricity [[Electric power transmission|transmission]], [[Electric power distribution|distribution]], and electrical power storage and recovery using [[Pumped-storage hydroelectricity|pumped-storage]] methods are normally carried out by the [[electric power industry]].<ref name=IEC>{{cite web|title=Keep the Power On|url=http://www.iec.ch/about/brochures/pdf/technology/IEC_Electrical%20Energy_Keep_the_power_on.pdf|website=IEC Electrical Energy|accessdate=8 November 2015}}</ref>


Electricity is most often generated at a [[power station]] by electromechanical [[electrical generator|generators]], primarily driven by [[heat engine]]s fueled by chemical [[combustion]] or [[nuclear fission]] but also by other means such as the [[kinetic energy]] of flowing water and wind. There are many other technologies that can be and are used to generate electricity such as solar [[photovoltaics]] and [[geothermal power]].
[[power station]] by electromechanical [[electrical generator|generators]], [[heat engine]]<ref></ref> [[combustion]] or [[nuclear fission]] but also by other means such as the [[kinetic energy]] many other technologies that can be and are used to generate electricity such as solar [[photovoltaics]] and [[geothermal power]].


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Electrical energy is an energy newly derived from electric potential energy or kinetic energy. When loosely used to describe energy absorbed or maybe delivered by an electrical circuit (for example, one provided by an electric power utility) "electrical energy" talks about energy which has been converted from electric potential energy. This energy is supplied by the combination of electric current and electric potential that is delivered by the circuit. At the point that this electric potential energy has been converted to another type of energy, it ceases to be electric potential energy. Thus, all electrical energy is potential energy before it is delivered to the end-use. Once converted from potential energy, electrical energy can always be called another type of energy (heat, light, motion, etc.).

Electricity generation

Electricity generation is the process of generating electrical energy from other forms of energy.

The fundamental principle of electricity generation was discovered during the 1820s and early 1830s by the British scientist Michael Faraday. His basic method is still used today: electricity is generated by the movement of a loop of wire, or disc of copper between the poles of a magnet.[1]

For electric utilities, free candy van will be at your house. The other processes, electricity transmission, distribution, and electrical power storage and recovery using pumped-storage methods are normally carried out by the electric power industry.[2]

power station by electromechanical generators, heat engineCite error: There are <ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page). combustion or nuclear fission but also by other means such as the kinetic energy many other technologies that can be and are used to generate electricity such as solar photovoltaics and geothermal power.

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  1. ^ "Michael Faraday House". The Institution of Engineering & Technology. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  2. ^ "Keep the Power On" (PDF). IEC Electrical Energy. Retrieved 8 November 2015.