How Electricity Generation Really Works
Continuing the series on the power grid by diving deeper into the engineering of large-scale electricity generation.
The importance of electricity in our modern world can hardly be overstated. What was a luxury a hundred years ago is now a critical component to the safety, prosperity, and well-being of nearly everyone. Generation is the first step electricity takes on its journey through the power grid, the gigantic machine that delivers energy to millions of people day in and day out. So how does it work?
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There’s a lot more to the discussion here, so let me know into which topics you’d like to go deeper in future videos. Thanks for watching!
That intro will be the same with internet in just a few years, if it isnt already.
And here I thought you were going to explain the physics of electrical generation. Instead, you gave me a civics class or somethin’.
Bitcoin mining can help stabalize the grid.
They should put a casino on the island. Would save the island and probably hrow the economy
Yes. Yes. Give me this. Put the islet noodle on me arm and take my beetus away.
I appreciate how clearly you explained the basic components of a generator. I knew it had to do with magnets, wires and rotation, but that was it. Please make more videos, yours is one of my favorite channels!
Energy cannot be generated. It can only be converted. 1st law.
F u. Prove global warming. Its all hear say.
Can you say with a doubted the earth was never warmer than this?
no you cant so you are spreading misinformation wank nut
Great video, but you got the Spinning Reserve part wrong. Spinning Reserves are units that are tied to the grid but generating less than their maximum output. Usually just minimum output. And, are able to respond quickly to changes in load due to system issues or customer demand. Specifically, you stated that spinning reserves are waiting to tie to the grid. That is the incorrect part.