I know it’s sometimes made via kinetic energy rotating magnets but that might be to complicated an explanation. Trying to figure out an easy way to explain the generation part to some kids!
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At the simplest possible level, electrical generators are just *pumps* for electricity.
A normal pump takes in electrical energy to push something else, a generator just reverses that process, it is pushed by some outside source of energy, be it high pressure steam or falling water or wind, and then uses that to push electricity around. You take the energy from outside sources, and then put it into the electrical system.
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