WHERE DOES ELECTRICITY FOR MY HOUSE COME FROM?? By Clare Jenkin.

WHERE DOES ELECTRICITY FOR MY HOUSE COME

FROM??

By Clare Jenkin

WELL, OUT WITH IT!!

Usually, energy for a normal household is produced

by burning fossil fuels such as; coal or natural gases

and oils. Though, with recent study it shows that

some day if we keep burning fossil fuels, pollution in

cities and surrounding area’s will increase and we

will someday run out of the fuels.

RENEWABLE ENERGY

During the last few years people have discovered

nature’s beauty’s can produce energy, this sort of

power is called renewable energy. E.g. The sun’s

rays can be used to generated energy to solar panels

that produce electricity or wind turbines use the

strength of the wind to turn the turbine. These

renewable energy sources don’t produce any

pollution like burning fossil fuels do.

MY HOUSE’S ELECTRICITY

At my dad’s house we are installing solar panels.

This will keep pollution down and after the

installation of the solar panels the power bill should

lessen by heaps.

At mum’s she rents a house. The landlord hasn’t got

any solar panels installed or has a wind turbine to

power the house. So mum has to pay for electricity

burnt from fossil fuels.

HYDRO ENERGY

Hydro energy is produced by the power of moving

water. Even many, many years ago people used the

power of water. Wheat mills used the water to turn

the turbine that grinds the grains. Here is a

diagram:

DIAGRAM

HOW DOES HYDRO POWER BECOME ELECTRICITY???

HOW DOES HYDRO POWER BECOME ELECTRICITY???

In its simplest form, electricity is generated by rotating a magnet

inside a wire coil. In a power station, this process is enhanced;

the magnet is an electro-magnet or “rotor” spinning inside the

fixed coils or “stator” of the generator. Each generator is

mounted on a vertical shaft above the turbine and water is used

to drive the turbine, which operates the generator. Transformers

boost generated voltage to a level that can be economically

transmitted over long distances by transmission lines to the

towns and cities of eastern mainland Australia.

THAT’S ALL FOLKS!!

Made by Clare Jenkin