How do power plants actually make power and distribute it?
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Depends on the plant. But all will use turbines and magnets, transforming some kind of kinetic energy into electrical energy by rotating a magnet alongside a coil. How you get that kinetic energy, however, varies.
Hydroelectric plants will use the energy from water flowing out of the dam (potential energy).
Wind farms do the same with wind turbines that are spun when masses of air move through them.
Nuclear plants use nuclear fission to heat up water, turning into steam and passing through a turbine at a high pressure.
Coal plants burn coal and use it to boil water in the same fashion, pretty simple.
But in essence, it’s all about spinning magnets to generate an electric force alongside a wire.
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