Eli5:How do power plants turn coal into power?

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They burn coal, but how does that turn into energy?

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Put very simply: Steam engines.

They boil water using the coal. That water steam makes a big turbine spin and produce electricity, then depending on the model, either is let out in the atmosphere, and new water is brought in, or left to cool down and return to the reservoir to be reused.

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