Electric Generation/Production & Use Joe Green Coordinator, Energy Services Delaware Electric Co-op “We Keep the Lights On” Delaware Envirothon
Hydro Power Solar Power Coal Power Wind Power Nuclear Power Different Types of Power Plants
How a Coal-Fired Plant Works Coal brought in by Ship or Rail (¾ Lb. = 1 kWh) Pulverizes to a Talcum Powder After Burning Fly Ash Collects in precipitator To reduce smoke Steam spins turbine and generator River water cools turbine And returns to reservoir
How a Hydroelectric Dam Works
How Nuclear Plants Work
How Power gets to the Home Long Distances 66, ,000 Volts From Power Plant 13,800 Volts Step Up Transformer 66, ,000 Volts Step Down Transformer 2,400-13,800 Volts Step Down Transformer Volts Residential volts and up Commercial & Industrial Delaware’s Major Plants Edge Moor 718 MW Hay Road 1052 MW Indian River 767 MW
Other Power Producers Ocean Waves Fuel Cells
Useful Web Sites: Video: Fossil Station Operations Fuel Cell Web Site Wind Energy Web Site Delaware Energy Office Web Site Energy Information Administration Web Site Solar Energy Web Site
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Basics of a Solar
Basics of a Wind